Wasted Time, or not?!(part 1)

About three weeks ago, an aquaintance called me to say that he needed my help.  We'll call that the first unrecognized clue.  He said that he had some people that needed to sell some houses.  Sweeet!  That's what I do!  The words 'Short' & 'Sale' followed shortly thereafter.  No worries, had it actually worked out that way.  Here's how things went down:

I asked him how many people he was talking about.  He was uncertain of the number, but said maybe 4 or 5.  "O.K., how many properties are we talking about", was my next question.  "Nine, that I know of", was his reply.  "Hmmm, sounds like I'm gonna be busy", was my thought.

I told him that the first thing I need is the addresses.  Second, I needed him to set up the appointments.  He gave me the addresses & we parted ways that day.  A couple of days later, we would have the first meeting with the first client.  We'll call him Ken Jr.

When I met with Ken Jr., he shared with me the story of how he ended up in my office.  He had purchased two properties through an Investment Group that we'll call Bad, LLC.  The story that Bad, LLC sold to Ken Jr. & the rest of the "Investors" will be revealed in awhile.  The properties that Ken Jr. now owned had closed only 2 months prior to my meeting with him.  That can be labeled as 'unrecognized clue #2'.  Oh, and he just realized that Bad, LLC has emptied their office space & disconnected all of there business & personal phone lines.  Hmmm.

to be continued...

Wasted Time, or not?!(part 2)