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Just Released on November 10, 2008! Pick Up Your Copy of this “Must-Have,” eBook on How to Automate Your BPO Orders! |
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It’s Official! I am very proud to announce to you that, Description: The eBook is the only one of its kind to date. It contains 50+ pages of in-depth instruction, lots of screenshots and need to know information. Not only will you learn everything you need to know about how to automate your BPO orders, but you will also learn……………. Table of Contents:
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………4-5 Automating Your BPO’s 101 …………………………………………………………….6-31 * Who Offers the Software?……………………………………………………………….6-7 * The Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Software Package ……………………..8-10 * My Personal Experience with Both Software Manufacturers ………………………..11-14 * The Basics about the Various Software Products ……………………………………..15 * Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Use It ………………………………………………..16 * What You Can Do with the Software? …………………………………………………..17 * What Can iMacrosTM Do For You? …………………………………………………..18-20 * All of Your Options …………………………………………………………………..21-25 * How Much Do They Cost? ……………………………………………………………26-28 * Which Software Package is Right for You? ……………………………………………..29 * Instructions on How to Order the Software ……………………………………………30-31 Step-by-Step Instructions ……………………………………………………………….32-44 * Typical Uses for the Software by BPO and REO Agents …………………………….32-33 * Using the Scheduled Task Manager to Retrieve More BPO Orders ………………….33-37 * How to Use the Different Software Applications? …………………………………….38-48 Commonly Used Terms ………………………………………………………………..49-50 Frequently Used Resources ………………………………………………………………..51 Wrap Up …………………………………………………………………………………52-54 Plus, always feel free to give me a call or email me with any questions! Warmly, Nicole Ocean BPO Trainer/Realtor 360-223-2482 Plus, receive a free, automatic digital download after completing your purchase!
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Take a look at another real estate ‘professional’ who stole some of my very own customer testimonials to use on his website. Notice the second testimonial where it still has my name in it! The person who did this to me is David Miller of the Miller Realty Group in Wellesley, MA. He owns bpo-success.com and on top of everything he is a licensed real estate broker! Read more to find out what I’ve done to combat him infringing on my copyrighted material…….
Copyright Infringement Issue
I first learned about David’s website at the beginning of October 2008. Just so you know within his website, he offers very similiar BPO products to mine. He is a reseller of the products that he offers, and is not reselling any of my products but instead is reselling another one of my competitors items. (To make things worse, I’ve also had an issue with copyright infringement also with this competitor as well as a handful of others).
So this is what I did to try to correct this HUGE ethical problem. I researched to find out who owned the website and got all of his information. I tried to contact him by phone two times right away to let him know I knew and require that he take down the offending material from his website. He was not available and didn’t return my phone calls.
I also send David a ‘Cease and Desist letter’ which is addresses what he is doing wrong, as well as my copyright certificate number and date issued. This letter is proper etiquette when dealing with someone who is infringing on your copyrighted material. I still have received no response to date from him.
I decided to take it to the next step without hiring an expensive copyright attorney (been there, done that). I filed a complaint to the Division of Professional Licensure in MA with their Office of Investigators. I would also have filed a complaint against him if he were a Realtor with his local Realtor Association, but go figure he is not a Realtor! That makes sense with his lack of having much ethics, morals and even consideration for my copyrighted content that I worked hard to get from some of my satisfied customers.
After checking up with them today after almost 1 month has passed since filing my complaint, they said that they have received it and still need to assign it to an investigator. Although it may take a few more weeks for them to investigate and address how they are going to handle disciplining David, my content is still active on David’s website and he is still infringing on my copyright privileges.
The saddest part is that this is not the first time someone has infringed on either the content on my website, on my eBooks or on copy that I wrote to promote my products on eBay as well.
In my next blog I’ll give you an indepth history of all of the people who have infringed on me since I wrote my first eBook “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Broker Price Opinions,” in January 2007.
Please feel to comment, I’d love to hear your thoughts…plus I’d like to invite you to read my next blog as well!
Kindly,
Nicole Ocean
nicolesdreams eBooks
Greetings!
I’ve decided that it’s time to speak out about explaining why some people don’t get BPO work right away after signing up with various BPO, REO and Asset Mgmt companies.
Over the past 2 years I’ve spoken with handfuls of other real estate professionals who are wanting to get into the Broker Price Opinion business. Times and opportunities are getting tougher for those who are just coming into the BPO and REO business.
A lot of people that I speak with don’t understand just how important it is to be educated about the current status of the BPO industry as well as be informed about just how much competition there is within their current local market. You can go to www.reonetwork.com to see who your local competitors are.
From my experience the BPO industry has become even more competitive than a year ago and for good reason. In the past few years there has been an explosion and impeding implosion within the lending industry (“the sub-prime mess,” where the clean up process will be around for awhile.) Plus, many real estate markets across the U.S. have suffered from declining markets, REO and short sale driven markets as well as homeowners and homebuyers being affected by the economy.
With all of these factors staring us all in the face, more and more real estate professionals turned to and found out about BPOs and REOs and thus decided to dabble in BPO work. Many people decided to do BPO work to help supplement their income while others may be doing them to get REO listings (this is where BIG money is at) and then there are those that are just trying their hardest to simply stay in real estate. I commend all of you, no matter your motivation! You are smart for seeking out opportunities and alternatives that are only going to help your real estate career. Give yourself a pat on the back!
Here are some of the suggestions and explanations I share with people about why they aren’t getting BPO work?
**Existing competition with more time and experience in the business**
**Not enough volume of work to support the current amount of BPO vendors**
**Companies became a lot more strict about only hiring people with experience**
**Some companies have closed their door on accepting new vendors**
**The person applying to be a BPO vendor didn’t do something to “stand out,” from other or given the companies that they are applying to a good reason to hire them.**
**These same people stop pursuing the possibility of becoming a BPO vendor for companies because they only take the time to sign up at their website and do no other type of follow up**
Lastly, I would recommend that if your expectation is that you can sign up with a new company today (10/20/2008) and think that you will get work tomorrow you need to adjust your expectation level. Not to say this kind of thing doesn’t still happen for some people, but for most you have to treat your BPO business venture just as you do your real estate sales career.
I think the key to anything is to be as educated as possible about anything that you want to master. So, as you jump into the BPO world with both of your feet planted firmly on the ground, don’t be afraid of having to sweat a little bit to get what you out of the BPO and REO business. You can do it! Hopefully, with this blog you understand more about why it is harder to get BPO work and you can take this information to help you achieve your immediate need to get BPO work.
Plus, if you have a need to ask some pretty specific, hard to get answered questions, feel free to give me a call 360-223-2482 or visit my website: www.nicoleocean.com Plus, I’ve got a wonderful resource where you can read through over 140 different BPO and REO related topics, it’s called the, “BPO Student Forum,” check it out at my website!
Best of success to you!
www.nicoleocean.com
Warmly,
Nicole Ocean
nicolesdreams eBooks
360-223-2482
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EXCITING NEWS!
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Happy Autumn, fellow BPO Agents! There may be a chill in the air, but things are definitely heating up at nicoleocean.com. I’ve been working hard on updating my BPO Manual with 120 links and am pleased to announce that I now offer a way to upgrade to the newest version for only $10.00. (This blog is intended for my past customers, but if you are not a current customer please feel free to check out my website to learn more about how to purchase your own copy of “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Broker Price Opinions.” The cost is only $55.00What Changes Will You See within the BPO Manual?* An up-to-date list of 120 companies with 8-10 new companies.
* Samples of a Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae BPO form (you can print them out too!) * The entire book has been reformatted and is a total of 81 pages. it is not only easier to read but a lot more attractive *Lastly, more content has been added as well!
 BPO Manual with 120 Links by Nicole Ocean
Click Here to See a FREE 9-page Sample of the BPO Manual. (Don’t purchase it through this sample though, instead go to my shopping cart that is located at: www.nicoleocean.com to make sure you only pay $10.00) Plus, I can also re-send you any eBook that you have purchased from me and may have misplaced and want to receive a copy again? Please note:
I hope you are doing great and thank you for your time!
Respectfully, |
I have been doing Broker Price Opinion’s (BPO’s) full-time for 2 years, since September 2006 in fact. I see myself as a non-traditional Realtor because most agents don’t do BPO’s and instead do real estate sales full-time and some may need to have a part-time job on the side for when sales are slow.
In January 2007, I wrote an instructional manual (an eBook) on Broker Price Opinions that is entitled, “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Broker Price Opinions.” I’ve been blessed able to help over 1,700 other real estate professionals all across America in the last year and a half.
Because of this experience I decided to branch out and do BPO training and consulting work alongside of doing BPO work myself. I’ve been offering my training services on BPO’s and have had some heartfelt conversations with fellow BPO Agents.
During my phone conversations with these various BPO Agents I seem to pick up on an underlying theme and topic that keeps coming up and so I wanted to address it here and see what you think.
People were asking me, “Is it Really Getting Harder to Break Into the Broker Price Opinion Business?” I am not afraid to answer this question and tell them my thoughts and perspective on how I feel that the a lot of real estate professionals have been jumping on the BPO Wave these last few years. Who would blame them? It is a wonderful niche market within real estate and a lot agents and brokers who have hit the wave at just the right time are now ‘hangin ten’ and enjoying the swell of REO business that they have worked so hard to get.
I feel that there are still many people wanting to get into the business and have just found out about it! I don’t want to discourage any of these people and say that there is no real opportunity for them any more because they missed the wave as it was cresting. This just isn’t true!
There are many new BPO Agents that are just now getting into the BPO and REO business and are able to still be very successful! Especially in market areas where is not a huge saturation of BPO and REO Agents. I myself live in an area where the typical BPO/REO Agent is an older agent that has been in the real estate business for 10-20 years. They’ve paid their dues, seen a few cycles and simply just put in a lot of hard work and dedication into their business. Anyone that is going to be successful (no matter what type of business they are in) will have to do the same!
The biggest encouragement and advice that I can give to people wanting to get into the BPO business right now is three fold.
1.) Do your research and educate yourself. (Learn as much as possible about BPO’s and the business, either from going to conferences, buying material on the internet, joining forums or going to seminars)
2.) Put in 100% effort and commitment to make sure you succeed as a BPO/REO Agent.
3.) Simply give it your best shot, take a risk and see what happens! “You will never know what your future holds if you are hesitant and cannot take that first step towards building your tomorrow!” (Nicole Ocean)
What are your thoughts?
After being in the BPO business for less than 1 year doing BPO’s full time and real estate sales part-time, I knew that I had to write an eBook about BPO’s to help give other people in the business the same amazing, life changing opportunities that I had experienced. So, I started the project of writing my very first eBook.
I quickly learned all I needed to know about what an eBook was, how to create it and where to sell it. I also knew that I was a strong researcher and had a pretty good ability with putting together a resource guide that was straight to the point, put together well so that people could understand it easily and one that gave them the tools they needed to pursue doing the same things I did to be successful.
I put together my first draft that spanned and covered all of the details that someone would need to know to be successful in the BPO business. also intergrated a list of 120 BPO, Real Estate Owned and Asset Management companies. I had my work cut out for me, because I didn’t know exactly what I was getting myself into, but I did know that I had the ability to pull off putting together an amazing resource that would help other people as much as it has helped me.
Within a few weeks of compiling information, writing, editing and rewriting I put the 1st version of my BPO Manual up for sale.
When I first got started with my company, nicolesdreams eBooks I signed up with Godaddy.com and use one of their ready-made website templates. All I had to do with get in and change pictures, words and colors. It was pretty simple. I think that it really helped me by coming from a background of using Frontpage and creating basic websites. Little did I know back when I first got started making websites how far this skill would take me.
To be continued…….
By: Nicole Ocean of nicolesdreams eBooks & nicolesdreams eBooks Consulting
