Too Many Member Offers in One County
Jack Butala: Too Many Member Offers in One County. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening.
Jack Butala: Jack Butala with Jill DeWitt.
Jill DeWit: Happy Monday.
Jack Butala: Yeah, welcome to our show today. In this episode, Jill and I talk about too many member offers in one county all at the same time. Does it ever happen, do you think? We'll find out. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandAcademy.com online community. It's free.
Jill DeWit: By a way I have a note about this. I had one member the other day that was telling me how much they appreciate this little Q&A here, Jack. They really get a lot out of it, even if it's not what they're working on right now, so we can't change it.
Jack Butala: You know it took two years, but I think the format of this show is kind of ...
Jill DeWit: It's kind of caught on, now.
Jack Butala: It's a zit.
Jill DeWit: It works. Cool, all right. John, who ... I love this ... who happens to be in our world here asks this question. Just because you're not in our world by the way, you can get in there. It's free.
Jack Butala: Yeah, go and join. To become a green member of our group is completely free.
Jill DeWit: Exactly. You don't have to be green.
Jack Butala: That's not an accident that that was ...
Jill DeWit: I got it.
Jack Butala: That that member level was free and green. We [crosstalk 00:01:07].
Jill DeWit: Green. Up. John wrote, "I was able to use Title Pro 24/7," which we provide, "to get the GPS coordinates of one of my properties. However, it just puts a pin on the map. Is there a way to see the outline of the property? How would I know if the property has road access without having an outline of it?"
Jack Butala: Excellent question.
Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jack Butala: It's right up my alley. Do you mind if I answer it?
Jill DeWit: Please.
Jack Butala: The best thing you can do, and you want to do this anyway. You maybe want to maybe double-check the exact location of the property. This is a make or break situation, so let's face it, if you're even a few hundred yards off, that could make or break the deal.
Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jack Butala: You could have a multi-million dollar piece of property, or you could have a 35 cent piece of property. What you want to do, in all circumstances ... Even at the level we are, I do it. You want to get the county GIS information or the platt map, whatever they have online. Then overlay it in Google Earth and you will get all the corner points and the whole thing. It's great that you brought this up, because we are in the process of putting together an APN locator in Google Earth. It's not going to happen overnight, but we're literally going to map every single APN in the country, or where the data's available. Let's say 95% of them.
Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jack Butala: But you really need to ... Like Jill always says, you really should learn to drive a stick shift, even if you don't have one.
Jill DeWit: Right.
Jack Butala: You just should, just for a lot of reasons.
Jill DeWit: I'm going to have to do this. Well the pin, what you're doing for the initial, I do exactly what you're doing, too, John, by the way. I just pop in ... I used to have a Pro 27 just for these purposes. The person's calling me back. It's super easy for me to even put in their last name and find their property. That way, I can confirm ownership and just have an idea of where it is. Is it near a lake? Is it near the ocean? Is it on the side of a hill, whatever. I can get it, just a quick snapshot of what I'm looking at as I'm talking to the person. Then, like Jack says, later on ... If it passes your initial test ...
Jack Butala: Oh, I see.
Jill DeWit: Let's just say it passes your initial test,