Monday, February 3, 2014

My review of Vincent Polisi

My Review: Well I thought I should share how amazing Vincent Polisi's TMT is.

First, I have been doing your typical wholesale deal, if there is one.

I just so happen to come  across the TMT from another friend about a week and half ago thought to myself what the heck give this strategy a shot as I’ve been interested in learning owner finance deals and it says only ten minutes to implement.

I thought  what the hell I have ten minutes let’s give this a try, it was quick as advertised Vincent had all the directions as to do this, go here, post this there everything was right there just up to me to take the ACTION!

I did just that went to CL posted in the apts/housing for rent as instructed sent out the emails and texts and I would say within 15 minutes I had started receiving response's to those ads.

I was like wow!

So I started weeding through them calling back and asking if they were open to a RTO type of deal and that the incoming buyer would be responsible for payments, maintenance etc... had a couple different people that expressed some interest so I had thought basically get me more info, tire kickers or I just didn’t explain thoroughly enough, which after today I'm sure it was the latter unfortunately.

I thought I had it down pretty good until I heard Vincent on the phone with the seller, and realized I have much to learn however with that said Vincent took the time today to call a seller back that I thought for sure I had locked down.

I thought wrong!

Seller’s OBJECTION: he wanted to know who would be living in the house so he could check credit and dti etc...

I didn’t know how to overcome the objection and could feel the conversation now going the seller’s direction.

I knew I needed to solve this issue to move forward and I wasn’t capable at the time to do so, so I reached out to the legend thanks by the way for taking my call (Vincent) and explained to him that I implemented his strategy and I was at a cross road with a deal and I needed his help.

This could be my first RTO, sort of, I mean I didn’t actually get him closed, had to bring in the reliever to save the day/game.

Vincent explained to me why this was the objection and basically gave me the tools to get by it in the future, thanks again, during the call he gave up plenty of gold nuggets to use moving forward.

I cant tell you how much that it will be worth, but I know its going to be huge as I feel like It connected some more of the dots, if you will, to understanding not only the RTO process but also how to handle thee objections.

I thought the call was amazing, for Vincent it was just second nature, very matter of factual and to the point..... that’s what people want.

I mean he busted it down for the seller beyond what I did or could have and in the course of taking sometime away from his family, not only did he save this deal but opened the door to another as there maybe the opportunity to find a house for this seller to move into as well!

So what happened?

I decided to implement the TMT task. Followed up with the sellers. First round didn’t bear any fruit in the way of a deal, but gained some pricelessknowledge and experience on the phone.

Second round of sellers BOOOM got one to play ball, yes actually a former MAJOR LEAGUER willing to do a RTO on his $1.8 million dollar house (CHA-CHING), and the possibility to find him a RTO as well!

You tell me, does the TMT work?

WOW!

To get more from Vincent Polisi check him out on his sites here 

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Cooking Outdoors


Cooking Outdoors
Summer brings warm weather and family festivities and with that comes cooking outdoors.



Hello, my name is Robert St. Peter and I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I have always had a passion for the great outdoors and cooking for as long as I can remember. I recall waking up in the early morning hours to head out into the unbearable cold Michigan weather hunting whitetail deer with my father not to mention the world class fishing on the great Menominee river for walleye with my childhood friends.

My love of cooking came from my grandmother hands down. I can recall going to grandma’s house on almost any occasion and you would find her in the kitchen cooking something, whether for dinner or just baking some fresh banana bread or rhubarb pie for the joy. I  remember to this day as if it had just happened, grandma showed me how to use the meat grinder to make her famous potato pancakes and I was not only hooked on cooking but those potato pancakes were exceptional, I'll share the recipe in the future.

As you can see by the above photo I personally prefer to use an open campfire or charcoal when cooking outdoors. Keep in mind gas grills work, however does not provide the same kind of robust flavors in my opinion. First we need a fire. There are primarily two types of fires, a heat fire and a cooking fire and with that comes our post “How to build a fire for Cooking”
  
Alright let’s build a fire for cooking.  I like to build my fires in ground campfire style, built up like a teepee. I actually lay small pieces of sticks & twigs with paper or bark (ideally Birch) in a small square at the base and then build up into a teepee while continuing to add smaller sticks and paper/bark as you build up from the inside out while adding larger logs to the outside. What if I don’t have a cooking pit? Well you could build one which is pretty easy, dig yourself a hole in ground 12-18 inches deep and about 3 feet around make sure to place larger rocks around the outside rim of your pit, fire safety especially if you’re in the woods. If you do not have a cooking pit or care to build one you could simply use your grill. Ok back to the fire if you are cooking something like hotdogs you won’t need a large bed of coals which means less wood, however on the other hand if you are cooking a tenderloin you are going to need a larger bed of coals requiring more wood.

see photos




Once the fire is going you will want it to burn down until you have hot coals or embers that you can spread or flatten out to give you a larger cooking area. This is important or you will have a small hot spot on your griddle not to mention many people make the mistake of cooking with the fire and not the heat. This is important, if you do not let the fire “burn down” so you can cook with the ambient heat chances are whatever you put on the grill is going to burn! No one wants burnt food.


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Again what you want to do is let the wood burn down to hot embers or coals like above right hand photo, After you have started your fire and its burning down set your grill over the fire to get the griddle hot, you don’t want to put a nice steak on a cold grill, you want to sear the outside and lock in all that wonderful flavor. Here are some photos from cooking outdoors enjoy.




                                                                  Notice NO fire just a hot bed of embers/coals









Steak with Smoked Salt, Fresh Garlic, Black Pepper, Soy Sauce and Coke
Marinade



1/4 cup of soy sauce

1/4 cup of coke (Soda)

2 cloves of fresh garlic (crushed)

1/8 teaspoon smoked salt (or to taste)

1/8 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)


In a resealable Ziploc bag add the soy sauce, coke, and black pepper. Crush your garlic add to Ziploc bag and shake for a few seconds to mix everything up, from here add your steaks and let marinate for at least an hour. I personally like to let them marinate for a day the soda will aid in tenderizing the meat. Add your smoked salt before you get the grill going.

Remember to have your griddle or grill HOT before you add your steaks. Cook time will vary depending on the cut of meat you are using. Typically 1 ½ inch rib eye will cook 7 minutes per side.

Marinade will be enough for 2-3 steaks depending on size.


If you want more from me you can find me here Cooking Outdoors  where we’ll continue to share tips and tricks for your adventures. I hope you learned something that will help you next time cooking outdoors!