Do You REALLY Need a Permit? (Justin Dossey)

When you're flipping a house, do you REALLY need to pull a permit?   On Justin's first flip he didn't pull a permit and tried to do his renovations quickly, which makes for a great story for us to learn from. Let's just say his answer to the age old question has flipped around since that deal.    Justin is the head of Ballpoint Marketing and Call Porter, two companies they use in their own real estate investing businesses (operating in multiple states) that you can put to work in your business as well.    Ballpoint Marketing - Handwritten (by robots) direct mailing service for real estate investors https://reiclub.com/Ballpoint   CallPorter - US based call answering service for handling inbound phone calls from motivated sellers https://reiclub.com/CallPorter   ⏰ TIME STAMPS ⏰ 00:00 Justin Dossey - Ballpoint Marketing 00:45 Call Porter & Ballpoint Marketing 02:00 Why Direct Mail Is Coming Back 05:00 Omnipresent Marketing 06:30 Adding value BEFORE the sale 07:12 Relational Sales vs Hard Push Sales 08:42 Big Data & Direct Mail Response Rates 11:52 Flipping Condos 16:36 What NOT to do in Real Estate 20:40 Should you pull a building permit? 22:02 Direct Mail + Inbound Call handlers 25:09 Real Estate Investing Challenges 29:18 The Obstacle Is The Way   Watch This Video on REIClub.com:   https://reiclub.com/real-estate-podcasts/flipping-houses-need-a-permit