Networking and Finding Business Partners (LA 823)

Transcript:

Steven Butala:                   Steve and Jill here.

Jill DeWit:                            Hello.

Steven Butala:                   Welcome to the Land Academy show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill DeWit:                            And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California.

Steven Butala:                   Today Jill and I talk about networking and finding business partners. This is a topic that we're both extremely qualified to talk about, Jill, 'cause we found each other.

Jill DeWit:                            We did. And we created a huge network.

Steven Butala:                   Yeah. And we like separated our responsibilities successfully, so I hope you like your job, I like my job description, I don't know if [crosstalk 00:00:32].

Jill DeWit:                            Most days. Well, at the office way more than at home, but we'll talk about that later. Just kidding.

Steven Butala:                   That's a topic for an entirely different show.

Jill DeWit:                            That's right. That's a different show. From the bedroom.

Steven Butala:                   Wow. Are you happy in the bedroom?

Jill DeWit:                            Apparently. Yes. Am I just happy in general? Yes. You through in the in the bedroom.

Steven Butala:                   You said in the bedroom Tourette's.

Jill DeWit:                            Thank you.

Steven Butala:                   Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of the members on LandInvestors.com online community. It's free. And as you're listening to us, please drop your questions into the comments section below.

Jill DeWit:                            Aaron asks, "I have a seller who wants to sell me a large parcel of land they own in Apache County, Arizona. We would like the buy it. The seller is living overseas in Saudi Arabia and has for several years, although I believe they are US citizens. How do I complete this sale? Has anyone used an online notary service for something like this? There are two people on the deed who will have to sign for the sale. Any advice on how best to handle this would be much appreciated, thanks."

Steven Butala:                   Well, the good news there is that they're in Saudi Arabia and not in the Congo, because you can find, believe it or not, American notaries in countries-

Jill DeWit:                            Other countries.

Steven Butala:                   ... like that. There's a lot of Americans living in Saudi Arabia, specifically military people. So, you're gonna ... yeah, go ahead, Jill.

Jill DeWit:                            I've had this situation and it's one of those things that instead of ... they usually already have an answer. They've already had to do some formal documents. They lived there. Maybe for, even if they bought some property or something there, it's usually they already have the solution. So, my first advice is don't go down the path of trying to solve the problem for them yet, because it's probably not a problem. All you have to do is say, "We need to [inaudible 00:02:26] getting us your signatures notarized here. How does it go in this country?" "Oh, that's easy. I already know I have to go the consulate, there's a person there-"

Steven Butala:                   Yeah, an embassy, yeah.

Jill DeWit:                            "And they do it for us and it's just like this 'cause I'm on American territory at the time." I don't know that, I don't remember exactly how it worked out, but usually they already have a solution. So,