FLO VERSUS THE GECKO – WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?

                             Yesterday I talked about two things:

#1 Risk Vs. Stability (i.e. Group Home Stability Vs. The Stock Market and the ups and downs of YOUR Life )

#2 A Nine Point Marketing Checklist that ADDS stability to your GROUP HOME BUSINESS, and the most important aspect of all – your inbound lead-generation website

Today, I want to ask you a question….

Back when we were young, we would play dodgeball, kickball and other games at lunch. You always needed to pick the best players to get on your team. Right?

Life is the same way. You need to pick the best players.

So today, we are going to play a hypothetical game of kickball for business entrepreneurs where YOU……

need to select or hire either the GECKO or FLO for your team.

WHO WOULD YOU CHOSE? THE GECKO OR FLO?

While you think about your answer, let me give you mine. In less than 1/2 a second I am choosing the GECKO.

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE REASONS WHY I AM CHOOSING THE GECKO:


– The GECKO doesn’t cost me anything!
– The GECKO is not going to die next month!
– Remember the instability of family life that we discussed yesterday? The GECKO doesn’t have that!
– The GECKO doesn’t need me to send her a check every two weeks
– The GECKO doesn’t have FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)
– The GECKO doesn’t have FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act)
– The GECKO doesn’t have Social Security, State Income Or Medicare Taxes!
–  I don’t have to understand all the acronyms that the govt. uses to covertly TAX ME!
– The GECKO doesn’t need to be motivated each and every day to drive leads and sales
– The GECKO appreciates over time. Flo is depreciating by the day!

WHY I AM TELLING YOU THIS

One of the biggest mistakes I made when I first started my GROUP HOME BUSINESS was doing all the sales and marketing by myself. I didn’t have the time nor the energy! Then, when I got my first Group Home – it took my a month and a half to get it to 100% occupancy.

I WAS LIKE FLO! And I was already getting tired and depreciating!

Then, when I thought about hiring someone (like FLO) I realized that they would cost me $500 – $3,000 PER MONTH!

THEN I REALIZED I NEEDED A GECKO…..JUST LIKE WARREN BUFFET HAS WITH HIS GEICO ADVERTISING AND
LEAD GENERATION SYSTEM

I immediately went to work attempting to build out a website. What a nightmare! It took me over 7 months, then my developer shut down and I lost the code! Ugghh. Then I had to do it all over again….But I finally got the LEAD GENERATION WEBSITE UP AND GOING

IT WAS MY GECKO

It did not cost me $3,500 per month. It didn’t even cost me $500 per month. Heck, I didn’t even have to pay out commissions!

My total costs were a measly $25 per month in hosting fees!

I had literally replaced a full time sales and marketing person with a website. A website that I owned. A website that was appreciating over time (not depreciating). A website that added STABILITY to my business. A website that never got sick (sales reps get the flu during the winter!)

Adding this LEAD-GENERATION WEBSITE to my business was literally a GAME CHANGER. And the best part was that over time – it truly appreciates. What I mean is that google has a specific algorithm for measuring the quality and effectiveness of a website. One of those is length of time the website has been up. The longer it has been in existence, the higher it goes in the search rankings. Yes, MY WEBSITE WAS APPRECIATING IN VALUE!

Just imagine how much STABILITY you could add to your life if you had 40-50 Group Home Client leads per week coming in to your inbox?

Even if you did not yet have a GROUP HOME, wouldn’t this be a great place to start to “Test The Waters” and determine if there was truly an opportunity in your city?

Once you had your very own website, and you began getting leads each and every day – wouldn’t it inspire you to build out a WAITING LIST (like I teach in my GOLD COURSE)? Once you had the new Group Home Rented, you could literally get on the phone and have each and every bed leased up in less than a few days – and from then on….

Your Group Home would spit out tokens to you- each and every month –  like a broken slot machine!

The best part about using the patented, Group Home Riches Lead Generation Website is that you do not need to understand code. You don’t need to program in C++. You don’t need to worry about someone stealing it. You don’t need to hire a developer. We do all the heavy lifting for you! We Build it For You and YOU OWN IT!    It is Your Asset.  An Asset that YOU CAN TAKE TO THE BANK. An Asset that you can eventually sell!



An Asset that can produce 5,10, 20, 50 or more client leads PER WEEK FOR YOU!


Don’t try to be FLO. Don’t bother hiring a Flo. Flo Get’s The FLU.

YOU NEED A GECKO

                                                      YOU NEED A GROUP HOME LEAD GENERATION WEBSITE
PS – If this is something that you are even remotely considering, then click on the link above. Learn a little bit about how we do this. Learn a little bit more about the “true value” of having your very own group home website.

PPS –

I am watching my daughter today (not really working much) and will have some time to respond back to emails – so if you have any questions – feel free to ask

BEST

ANDY

Sacrifice Today So You Don’t Need To Compromise Tomorrow

  Sacrifice Today So You Don’t Need To Compromise Tomorrow

 What are you willing to give up so that you can have greatness and the life you deserve?

Do you remember the first car you bought?

Chances are it was used. Chances are that you had to make a lot of sacrifices to get it. Work. Delivering Pizzas. Delivering Newspapers. Whatever it was…you sacrificed, but you  got it!

And when you finally bought it…you were stoked! What a great feeling it was.

If you want to become more successful, you will need to sacrifice. But in addition to making sacrifices so that you don’t need to make compromises, you also need to learn how to use your time, energy, money and effort to the fullest extent.

THIS IS A SACRIFICE. IT TAKES TIME TO RESEARCH HOW TO START A GROUP HOME. IT TAKES TIME TO READ MY BLOGS AND EMAILS. THIS IS SACRIFICE.

SACRIFICE INVOLVES COURAGE.

As you continue to sacrifice and build your courage – you will no longer need to compromise.

Why? Because little by little – just like compound interest – your courage grows

One thing I did that involved sacrifice and using my courage was
BUILDING OUT A LEAD-GENERATION WEBSITE FOR MY GROUP HOME BUSINESS

Today, I am asking you to use YOUR COURAGE and SACRIFICE and explore what a LEAD-GENERATION WEBSITE COULD DO FOR YOU. 

Think about it. Sacrifice 20 minutes of your day thinking about the impact that a lead-generation website could have on your business

– Would it help if you knew you had 20-50 people per week looking for Group Home Housing?

– Would it help if 7 case workers per day were calling you asking if you had any vacancy?

– Would having 3 inbound leads per day to your email inbox give you the courage to go rent another home for your GROUP HOME BUSINESS?

– Would n’t it make you feel great knowing that you had a side income of $3,700 per month from you newest Group Home that could pay the mortgage on a $750,000 Home?

Sacrifice Today So That You Do Not Need To Compromise Tomorrow
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Your Asset. Your Website. Your Leads.Your Sacrifice. Your Victory. 

 

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GROUP HOME TAX LOOPHOLES – LEARN FROM THE BEST

Today I am going to teach you the MAGIC of the REFI…..REFINANCING YOUR GROUP HOME FOR COLD HARD CASH!

David Blaine and David Copperfield AIN’T GOT NUTHIN’ ON THIS!
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW REFINANCING CAN MAKE YOU A FORTUNE

A few years ago I bought a few homes – all of which we turned into GROUP HOMES.

This group of properties cost about $450,000. After we converted these into GROUP HOMES – the income jumped DRAMATICALLY. After 3.5 years, I went to the bank and showed them the financials on these 4 properties.

GUESS WHAT?

The bank said, “ANDY, would you like $800,000?” (Refinancing for cold hard cash)

Even better, the interest rate and monthly payment went down – as did the amortization rate!

Even better, I kept these assets and parlayed this additional money into MORE GROUP HOMES TO CREATE EVEN MORE INCOME!

Even better, my TAX BILL ON THE MONEY THE BANK GAVE ME WAS ZERO!

This is the MAGIC OF THE REFI!

Wall Street knows this. Blackstone Knows this. All the LBO firms know this.

NOW YOU KNOW THIS!

DAVID BLAINE WON’T SHOW YOU HIS TRICKS. (he doesn’t have any refinance tricks)

DAVID COPPERFIELD WON’T SHOW YOU HIS TRICKS (he doesn’t have any refinance tricks either)

BUT I AM HERE TODAY, SHOWING YOU THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. One of these tricks is the trick of the refinance!

This is just a small, small fraction of the stuff you will learn in my GOLD COURSE.

As a bunch of my private coaching clients mention to me daily…

“ANDY, I always knew there was money at the end of this rainbow…But nobody wanted to show me where the rainbow was! I am sooo thankful for you, Andy! “

Remember, none of this would have been possible had it not been for occupancy and income. And quite frankly, none of this would have been possible had it not been for my customized,
 GROUP HOME LEAD GENERATION WEBSITE


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(and eventually use this income to incorporate the MAGIC OF THE REFI where you can get HUGE- Multi-6 Figure, tax free paydays!

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PROPOSITION HHH – a 1.2 BILLION BOND – for supportive housing. THIS IS BIG FOR YOUR GROUP HOME BIZ

                 Andy, where do I get the money???

I hear this all the time. 9 times out of ten, the person asking the questions either has not purchased my GOLD COURSE nor have they ready all of my BLOG. But the answer is simple. GO TO THE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORKS. GO TO THE GOVT.

In Los Angeles alone, 1.2BILLION – YES BILLION – is being given away by YOU – the taxpayers, to help alleviate this mess. Just next year alone, almost $450 MILLION will go towards this population

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-garcetti-state-of-city-20180416-story.html

My question to you is what are you waiting for??? The money is there. The demand is there. SUPPLY? Not so much. That is where I come in.

I show people like you how to provide the SUPPLY. The housing, the food, the service. And most important, how to GET PAID for doing it…

Check out the above link. This is where you start. THE GOVERNMENT. What is the GOVERNMENT? It is YOU. YOUR MONEY. YOUR TAXES.

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Is Starbucks The New Homeless Shelter? How Does This Impact The Group Home Business

Some would argue that providing group home housing is extremely important to alleviating homelessness. Others would argue that you are giving people “too much” and enabling it by providing Low Cost housing and amenities. The one thing that both parties can agree on is that we have an affordability problem, a homeless problem and a housing problem

Now Starbucks is involved…….

The Two Schools of thought produced the following quotes in the WSJ:

“It sounds like Starbucks is turning their stores into homeless shelters. Their coffee is strong but their management is weak,” said Ron Raduechel, a 64-year-old retired supply chain executive from Waukesha, Wis., who said he would no longer go to Starbucks.

“I believe Starbucks is doing what’s right in their hearts whether its outcome sparks negativity or not,” said Johnny Varela, a 31-year-old carpenter in Orlando, Fla.

“I think Starbucks is very humanitarian.”

 

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS….”WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?”

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Do You Want To Be A Guardian Angel? Provide Housing For Disabled Vets And Start A Foster Home

          DO YOU WANT TO BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL??

VA TURNS TO FOSTER CARE RATHER THAN NURSING HOMES – READ BELOW ARTICLE TO LEARN MORE

 

THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES…IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS, SIGN UP FOR MY FREE 10-PART COURSE

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Ralph Stepney’s home on a quiet street in north Baltimore has a welcoming front porch and large rooms, with plenty of space for his comfortable recliner and vast collection of action movies. The house is owned by Joann West, a licensed caregiver who shares it with Stepney and his fellow Vietnam War veteran Frank Hundt.

“There is no place that I’d rather be. . . . I love the quiet of living here, the help we get. I thank the Lord every year that I am here,” Stepney, 73, said.

It’s a far cry from a decade ago, when Stepney was homeless and “didn’t care about anything.” His diabetes went unchecked and he had suffered a stroke — a medical event that landed him at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

After having part of his foot amputated, Stepney moved into long-term nursing home care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility, where he thought he’d remain — until he became a candidate for a small VA effort that puts aging veterans in private homes: the Medical Foster Home program.

The $20.7 million-per-year program provides housing and care for more than 1,000 veterans in 42 states and Puerto Rico, serving as an alternative to nursing home care for those who cannot live safely on their own. Veterans pay their caregivers $1,500 to $3,000 a month, depending on location, saving the government about $10,000 a month in nursing home care. It has been difficult to scale up, though, because VA accepts only foster homes that meet strict qualifications.

For the veterans, it’s a chance to live in a home setting with caregivers who treat them like family. For VA, the program provides an option for meeting its legal obligation to care for ailing, aging patients at significantly reduced costs, because the veterans pay room and board directly to their caregivers.

Cost-effectiveness is but one of the program’s benefits. Stepney and Hundt, 67, are in good hands with West, who previously ran a home health-care services company. And they’re in good company, watching television together in the main living room, going twice a week to a center that offers daytime care and sitting on West’s porch chatting with neighbors.

West, who considers caring for older adults “her calling,” also savors the companionship and finds satisfaction in giving back to those who spent their young lives in military service to the United States.

“I took care of my mother when she got cancer and I found that I really had a passion for it. I took classes and ran an in-home nursing care business for years. But my dream was always to get my own place and do what I am doing now,” West said. “God worked it out.”

The Medical Foster Home program has slightly more than 700 licensed caregivers who live full time with no more than three veterans and provide round-the-clock supervision and care, according to VA. Akin to a community residential care facility, each foster home must be state-licensed as an assisted-living facility and submit to frequent inspections by VA as well as state inspectors, nutritionists, pharmacists and nurses.

Unlike typical community care facilities, foster home caregivers are required to live on-site and tend to the needs of their patients themselves 24/7 — or supply relief staff.

“It’s a lot of work, but I have support,” West said. “I try to make all my personal appointments on days when Mr. Ralph and Mr. Frank are out, but if I can’t, someone comes in to be here when I’m gone.”

VA medical foster home providers also must pass a federal background check, complete 80 hours of training before they can accept patients, plus 20 hours of additional training each year, and allow VA to make announced and unannounced home visits. They cannot work outside the home and must maintain certification in first aid, CPR and medicine administration.

But one prerequisite cannot be taught — the ability to make a veteran feel at home. West has grown children serving in the military and takes pride in contributing to the well-being of veterans.

“It’s a lot of joy taking care of them,” she said of Stepney and Hundt. “They deserve it.”

To be considered for the program, veterans must be enrolled in VA health care; have a serious, chronic disabling medical condition that requires a nursing home level of care; and need care coordination and access to VA services. It can take up to a month to place a veteran in a home once they are found eligible, according to VA.

The veterans also must be able to cover their costs. Because medical foster homes are not considered institutional care, VA is not allowed to pay for it directly. The average monthly fee, according to VA, is $2,300, which most veterans cover with their VA compensation, Social Security and savings, said Nicole Trimble, Medical Foster Home coordinator at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Maryland.

Pilot program takes off

Since 1999, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been required to provide nursing home services to veterans who qualify for VA health care and have a service-connected disability rating of 70 percent or higher, or are considered unemployable and have a disability rating of 60 percent or higher.

VA provides this care through short- or long-term nursing home facilities, respite care, community living centers on VA hospital grounds, private assisted living facilities and state veterans homes.

Shortly after, the VA Medical Center in Little Rock launched an alternative — a pilot program that placed veterans in individual homes, at an average cost to VA of about $60 a day, including administration and health-care expenses, compared with upward of $500 a day for nursing home care.

And because veterans who are enrolled in the Medical Foster Care program must use VA’s Home Based Primary Care program, which provides an interdisciplinary team of health professionals for in-home medical treatment, the program saves VA even more. One studyshowed that the home-based care has yielded a 59 percent drop in VA hospital inpatient days and a 31 percent reduction in admissions among those who participate.

More than 120 VA medical centers now oversee a Medical Foster Home program in their regions, and VA has actively promoted the program within its health system.

It also has attracted bipartisan congressional support. In 2013, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill to allow VA to pay for medical foster homes directly.

In 2015, former House Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) introduced similar legislation that would have allowed VA to pay for up to 900 veterans under the program.

And this month , Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) raised the issue again, sponsoring a bill similar to Miller’s. “Allowing veterans to exercise greater flexibility over their benefits ensures that their individual needs are best met,” Higgins said in support of the program.

A guardian ‘angel’

Foster care has been a blessing for the family of Hundt, who suffered a stroke shortly after his wife died and was unable to care for himself. Hundt’s daughter, Kimberly Malczewski, lives nearby and often stops in to visit her dad, sometimes with her 2-year-old son.

“I’m not sure where my father would be if he didn’t have this,” she said. “With my life situation — my husband and I both work full time, we have no extra room in our house, and we have a small child — I can’t take care of him the way Miss Joann does.”

Trimble, whose program started in 2012 and has five homes, said she hopes to expand by two to three homes a year. VA will remain meticulous about selecting homes.

“There is a strict inspection and vetting process to be a medical foster home,” Trimble said. “We only will accept the best.”

It also takes a special person to be an “angel,” as the caregivers are referred to in the program’s motto, “Where Heroes Meet Angels.”

Stepney and Hundt agree West has earned her wings. On a recent cruise to Bermuda, she brought Stepney and Hundt along.

For Hundt, it was the first time he’d been on a boat. And Stepney said it was nothing like the transport ships he and his fellow troops used in the late 1960s: “Well, I’ve gotten to travel, but it was mainly two years in Vietnam, and there weren’t any women around.”

When asked why she brought the pair along, West said caregiving is “a ministry, something you really have to like to do.”

“And you know how the saying goes,” she said. “When you like what you do, you never work a day in your life.”

If you are interested in learning how to be a GUARDIAN ANGEL, check out my free 10 part course….if you want step by step instructions, check out my GOLD COURSE

IT TAKES TIME TO GET RICH WITH CERTAINTY

I had a call with one of my GOLD COURSE members this AM that I am personally mentoring.

She asked me a question

“Andy, how long will it take to have this business on auto-pilot. I want it throwing off $30,000 per month ASAP”

Here was my response:

“I have flowers in my yard…a wide variety. My favorites are my Pink Hibiscus. A few months ago, the shrubs were small. Green leaflets, but no buds. I put down some new dirt, some worms and some Specialty Hibiscus fertilizer. I tilled the soil. Then I waited. I made sure they got plenty of sunlight and I watered them regularly. I had faith.”

I have attached a few photos of what the flowers look like now (this morning) as well as a few buds that will be flowering here in the next week or so. I want you to really think about this today.

YOU ARE LIKE A FLOWER. MAKE SURE YOU WATER REGULARLY

INVEST IN YOURSELF

FIND SOME “SPECIALTY FERTILIZER” (BOOKS, TAPES, CD’S ETC.) THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO FULLY BLOOM AND BLOSSOM.

All of this may sound cliche, may sound a little lame – but you need to understand that the laws of nature are the laws of nature.

You can’t get rich overnight. The overnight success story is the one that took 20 years.

Take your time today and plant your seeds.

Whether through my GOLD COURSE or through something else, GET STARTED. Plant, till the soil, water, give yourself some sunshine and work at it.

The Group Home Business is one that is nearly indestructible.

There is HUGE demand in nearly every city throughout the United States. But you gotta get started. You can’t grow a beautiful flower if you never plant the seed.
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ARE YOU WORKING HARD ON YOUR GROUP HOME OR SMART? (WASHING MACHINES WORK HARD)

Are You Excited To Wake Up This AM, Battle Traffic and Head To Work?

Probably Not.

But I would presume you are more excited Today than you were on MONDAY.

                                 ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE HATES  MONDAYS!

20 years ago, I too was in your position.

I knew that I needed to INVEST IN MYSELF (YOU ARE YOUR #1 ASSET) and learn how to start, acquire and grow businesses.

Remember, businesses are nothing more than revenue streams that produce free cashflow.

But I digress…Yes, having a job was HORRIBLE!

I didn’t want to wind up like the guys and gals that were 20 years my senior back then…..

Yesterday, I was talking with one of my GOLD COURSE students in OHIO…..She is an Immigrant from Cameroon (Africa) and a nurse. She told me………

“Andy, I am 33 years old. I want to spend time with my children. I don’t want to be doing this when I am 70 years old.”

She already worked hard and took massive action to come to the United States. Then she took action and got going with her very own GROUP HOME BUSINESS.

The cool thing is she took action.

She bought my GOLD COURSE about 8 months ago.

She already has 1 house up and going. She only has two clients at the moment (and is breaking even) but has room for another 4-5.

She needs a little help with marketing – and we will get her there.

How do I know? Because….

#1 She doesn’t want to slave away at a job working for someone else.

She doesn’t want to trade her time for dollars.

#2. She has vision. She knows where she is going.

She needs some small modifications in technique, sales scripts, marketing – but after she gets those alterations down pat – she will have 1 group home at 100% occupancy kicking off $2,000 – $3,500 in NET PROFIT EACH AND EVERY MONTH.

THIS IS WHAT I SHOW AND TEACH IN MY GOLD COURSE. 

After that, I am going to mentor her and help teach her the game of finance. Profit and Loss statements and how to read them. It is actually REALLY easy… The average teacher can’t simplify it and instruct because…

THOSE THAT CAN DO, THOSE THANT CAN’T TEACH……

I AM A DOER AND THAT IS WHY I CAN SIMPLIFY IT AND TEACH HER….

Once she has her marketing and finance skills down to a science, she will grow and expand. If she can get 8 group homes up and going by 2023, she will be 38 years old and have a monthly passive income of about $17,000 – $25,000 PER MONTH before any ancillary medical billing etc. That is enough to retire on for 9 out of 10 people.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

You do not need to work hard.

                                           Washing Machines Work Hard.

YOU NEED TO WORK SMART

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WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE DO YOU NEED FOR YOUR GROUP HOME OR SOBER HOME?

      WHAT KIND OF GROUP HOME INSURANCE DO I NEED                             AND WHERE DO I GET IT?                                                       ,


I have received this exact question from two of my private mentoring clients over the last week and another 3 or 4 emails on it so I figured I’d answer it for you

You have basically three types of insurance:

1. Property insurance – this is the insurance you get to cover your property from fire, hail, lightning etc

2. Business insurance – this is the type of insurance you get to cover your group home from a wide variety of issues. Check out the insurance above (Philadelphia is a good provider for Sober Homes, Assisted Livings, Group Homes etc)

3. Excess Liability  – This covers you from people slipping and falling etc

There are other types of insurance you need to know about and that I cover in my GOLD COURSE (like workers comp insurance, auto insurance etc) but by and large #2 above is the one you need to have / know about.

Philadelphia provides this type of coverage….but there are a lot of other insurance companies as well. Here is the Philadelphia link

Hope this message is helpful!

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What Is the Best Way and How To Advertise Your Group Home? Hint – it is not the yellow pages

           HOW TO ADVERTISE YOUR GROUP HOME

OK folks, if you are still living in the stone ages then yes, go with the YELLOW PAGES…there are HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of people looking through the yellow pages each decade for group home housing. Re-Read that last sentence if you are too slow to grasp or if you have not had your coffee yet!

If you want to know how to advertise your group home ask yourself the following question – HOW DID YOU FIND THIS WEBSITE?

Look, I am not a coder, an HTML specialist or anything along those lines. In fact, I barely know a thing about the internet. But one thing I do have is common sense…and as the saying goes, common sense aint that common!

Common sense dictates that those interested in something are going to look on their cell-phones USING THE INTERNET to find a group home, care home or sober home. It is literally that simple.

On a daily basis, my GROUP HOME EMPIRE is probably receiving in the neighborhood of 15 – 30 internet generated leads. So yes, basically from 7 AM  – 10 at night 2-3 phone calls and texts PER HOUR are coming in looking for housing. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to determine that this is a business with HUGE DEMAND when you get that quantity of leads every day.

HOW DO I SCREEN MY GROUP HOME LEADS TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL QUALIFY?

Well look, everyone has there own way of doing things. Some of my house managers and operations guys like to dilly-dally on the phone and beat around the bush. I tell them to do what I do but they don’t always listen. That’s OK. I let them run the business as they see fit. But when the un-answered GOOGLE VOICE phone calls get routed to me (and I actually decide to pick up rather than send the voice transcription to my HOUSE MANAGERS like I teach my Students to do in the GOLD COURSE) here is how the conversations always go:

Me: “Hi, this is Andy XYZ Housing. Are you looking for housing for yourself or for someone else” (notice that I do this to determine if they are the actual client or if they are a social worker, case worker or family member”

Them: ” “Hi, I am X Case manager with XYX organization. I have a client that…BLAH, BLAH, BLAH”

Me: “Mam (or sir) pardon my interruption but I don’t want to waste your time. I literally have another 30 people that either have called or will be calling in the next few minutes. Let me get right to the point. We provide housing and related services for folks with a wide variety of disabilities. Our starting price is $595 per month, all bills paid, food included for our BRONZE PACKAGE. That is for a shared room. The price goes up from there. I can tell you more about our SILVER, GOLD and PLATINUM packages that go from $675 – $2,000 per month but first let’s make sure that your client can afford these options. Are they on SSI or SSDI or do they have someone that will be paying on their behalf?”

Them: “They are on SSI. They get $750 per month”

Summary:

 SCREEN YOUR PHONE CALLS ASAP! Don’t waste time! I see some of my house managers trying to be polite and afraid to ask the TOUGH questions. The tough questions are

HOW WILL THE CLIENT AFFORD TO PAY THE RENT!

Remember, if the client cant or wont pay – YOU DO NOT HAVE A BUSINESS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BUSINESS, YOU CANNOT EAT AND YOUR OTHER CLIENTS WILL NOT HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE!!

If you want to be polite and have 60 minute conversations with people before asking them about their income – go work at a local charity! The GROUP HOME BUSINESS is a BUSINESS that will allow you to help others and help yourself. But you MUST ask the tought questions right off the bat.

AND REMEMBER WHERE THE LEADS COME FROM. THE INTERNET!

If you want to check out demand for group homes in your area, send me an email. We have a proprietary method for checking the amount of people in your local area that are searching for group home housing on a daily basis. If you can determine that more than 3 people are looking for GROUP HOME HOUSING on a daily basis- then you NEED TO BUILD A WEBSITE and start taking these types of phone calls.

 

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