OfflineDONATION UPDATE!:
Ok, I verified that there is trouble with that paypal account and paypal is looking into it, so this is the new paypal address to pay to: [email protected] . Remember to designate it as a 'gift'. We've lost a lot of donations with that not working. So, if you did try to pay by paypal and it didn't work, please try with this new info. Thank you everyone!
UPDATE:
OK, I want to say that I get such a thrill out of doing this contest and that reading the up and comers reminds me how I was in that position once myself. I will not forget how difficult it is to both get started in REI as well as how much dedication it takes to turn a negative profit business to profitable again. I NEED YOUR HELP!
WE HAD ALMOST A VIRTUAL TIE FOR 2nd and 3rd; separated by only 0.2pts. This is a contest that is put up entirely by the DG family, NOT Dean, not his companies, not the coaches, but US here. I do not want to put the burden on Dean to come up with exorbitant amounts towards this contest when he already gives us so much of himself and his time.
If we can raise $5K for this, our 3rd place winner will get to goto the EDGE. We are at about $1100. We need about $3900. That is 390 more donators at $10 each **OR** if you have $20 to donate, that is only 185 people donating. Also, if we raise the $5000, we can do the contest again next year. Please, if you are able, contribute. If you are in a position where this isn't possible at all, it is totally understandable. But basically, do we, as the DG family, want to be able to pay it forward to the new up and comers? Won't you consider a donation of any amount today? Thank you so much for listening!!!!
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Hello DG Family! (Updated with list of donators/evaluators and to extend the date to Feb 29th)
To those who did NOT choose to donate, would this help you donate? http://www.deangraziosi.com/real-estate-forums/everything-else/104191/wh...
Last year, James Kendrick ran a contest for people to WIN a chance to goto the Edge. This year I thought I'd start the thread!
First, we need for DGers who are out there making it happen to donate to the cause. Who's ever up for it, you can either email me with your donation amount or put it right here on this thread. No amount is too small or big 
The EDGE is an AWESOME learning opportunity. But, probably even more, its a great NETWORKING tool and an experience that can't be replicated.
Secondly, we need judges to vote on essays. To become a judge you need to be an active contributor to the sight and/or have done at least 4 deals. (both sides of the deals count). Please contact me at EDGE2012Contest at gmail dot com. Please, NO PMs about this. (I am not very good at organizing my PMs on this site).
Pay attention to this closely. Third, to enter the contest you will have to do 2 things. Write an essay that will convince the judges that YOU should be one of the person's chosen to goto the EDGE event. Second, you must be open to any of the judges contacting you either via email or phone. There will be 2 winners; more if there are more contributions to the cause. You also must be able to get to the EDGE and pay for lodging, as well as be able to make it on the days of the EDGE event (April 27-29). It is not required that you've completed a deal yet. Follow the directions carefully.
--Your essay should be kept more than 400 words, but kept under 1000 words and be about why we should choose YOU to goto the EDGE.
--You must also have filled out your entire DG profile and told us a little about yourself in your profile.
--You must include your name, your contact information (phone and email), your time zone, and your DG screen name at the beginning of your essay as a cover page.
--The title of your essay should be 'Gain the EDGE 2012 Essay, YOUR DG NAME', listed on your cover page.
--Pages, if you should go over 1, need to be numbered.
--You should post to this thread after you've sent your essay.
--Your essay should answer the following questions for the judges:
***Why you want to goto the EDGE?
***What REI means to you
***What will you do if you fail at any time?
***What you think it takes to be successful in REI?
***What will you do with the information you get at the Edge?
***What are you doing now and what have you done so far to build your REI?
Essays should be sent to/evaluators should contact me at EDGE2012Contest at gmail dot com. EVERYONE has a chance to win this! We look forward to reading your essays! The deadline to receive essays will be FEBRUARY 29th; and we will narrow it to 6 finalists. Good luck everyone!
It is CERTAIN we will SUCCEED!
***So far, the following people are donating:***
1. Dean (deangraziosi)
2. Tammy (Zion Properties)
3. Jen (bamagirl6730)RECEIVED
4. Makeba (investorinmissiouri)RECEIVED
5. Jay (jbtoggs) RECEIVED
6. Rina (Rina)
7. Judi (jweaser)RECEIVED
8. Richard R
9. Brian (wwillc) RECEIVED
10.Donna (Donna Doo)RECEIVED
11.Ginger (gcomstock)
12.Keith (keb64) RECEIVED
13.Theo (CogniWorld-LV) RECEIVED
14.Chip and Andrea Weuhle(acinvestments) RECEIVED
15.Mark (Mark K) RECEIVED
16.Ali Safavi
17.Cris (Cocoon)RECEIVED
18.Anonymous - $50 RECEIVED
19.Tom & Jeri (TomAndJeri)RECEIVED
20.Angela (angelala) RECEIVED
21.Courtney(Courtney)RECEIVED
22.Eric (emattp)
23.Valerie (Valuni) RECEIVED
24.Shirley (sphi99)RECEIVED
25.Cathy (cathyb)
26.Larry (flipkid) RECEIVED
27.Ali (coolboy)
28.Tom (tfalcon7000)
29.Susan (foxlady7oaks)RECEIVED
30.Andy S RECEIVED
31.Gina I (cantstopme) RECEIVED
32.Chad (chad.bartlett) RECEIVED
33.Darren (Hazco Investments) RECEIVED
34.Anonymous DGer: THEIR EDGE TICKET!RECEIVED
35.Joshua Bishop RECEIVED $100
36.Tina (Tina1) RECEIVED
Thank you to all who volunteered to donate
TOTAL RECEIVED SO FAR: $1682.42 + 1 EDGE TICKET!!!
***DONATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO:***
(The check should be made out to)Dean Enterprises, LLC
Edge 2012 Contest
ATTN: Jeremy Gabbert
3901 E Roeser Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85040
or, I just got the information that you can send your donation via paypal at:
[email protected]
***The following people are evaluating:***
[We need some more!]
Tammy
Jen
Rina
Judi
Thank you to all who volunteered to evaluate
The 3 of us will have to get together and tell some stories! And a nice picture. I ge it was meant to be. Thank you so much!
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
My check was put in the mail yesterday!
Shirley
Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end.
You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. Ruth Smeltzer
It is what it is 'til you change it.
Congratulations Donna!
Wow, roller coaster ride is right.
Hey, Will you change your user name to "Donna DID" when you get back from the EDGE?
Mark K.
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isn't extremely unpredictable and no fun! WOwsers! A lot of excitement in this thread.
Thanks Shirley, we will be watching out for it.
Courtney, I want to make sure all your reservations have been made as well.
And, of course, I still would love to be able to keep this contest going next year, so we're counting on more donations! So please, if you can donate to this contest, we can make sure it comes back again next year! Dean really gives us SO much freely; this site, the blogs he does and all his wonderful tips, the send me away contest; I hope that if you haven't consider donating, you will consider so we can do it again next year. Tax refunds are coming soon.
Any amount is fine; but the more of us, the better!
Thank you to everyone!
was sad that the prior person's partner ticket was retracted by admin, but its understandable at the same time. Please note, that at no time did the prior donator retract her donation, the decision to allow it to be used was retracted by admin.
This ticket, unlike the last one, will NOT be retracted by admin because it was an actual ticket donated back to the organization. Thank you, and hope this clears up any misunderstanding that I may have caused by the way I worded my message.
I just got finished reading all of what has happened!!! I am so happy to see that everything worked out and I am SO SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU DONNA!!! I can't wait to meet you and Chad, and Tammy, and Jay, and, well, EVERYONE that will be there that I just can't wait to meet!!!
Tammy, I do have all my reservations in place. I am completely ready and excited. I just found out that I got another 3 bed/2 bath house that might be my first Rehab that I will do myself!!!
I wanted to also say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all that have donated!!! I wish I could give all of you a great big HUG!! And if you haven't donated yet, please help this wonderful cause!! This contest has made my dream come true!! It has to be continued next year!!
And Tammy, you have done an excellent job!!! You have put so much into this wonderful contest and EVERYONE appreciates it!! You would have to be crazy not to see how much you are giving back and helping people. You have done a fantastic job!!!
I removed the signature promoting the events because my posts keep on getting flagged as spam and my IP address blocked. (now my Journal is also sliced and diced, when I post stuff with links!)
Anyway, just giving you a heads up because I had to remove the links on my signature which promotes the Dean events and encouraging donations with links to this forum thread.
Odd huh? (frustrating too! Because I was just trying to help)
Cris
Got an extra $10 Bucks? Please Share & Donate! (ONLINE donations also accepted through PayPal, instructions at): http://www.deangraziosi.com/real-estate-forums/deans-gain-edge-event/100...
The 2012 EDGE Event Sign - Up Page is at: https://www.deanenterprisesllc.com/edge2012/sign_up.html
The 2012 EDGE Event Forum is at: http://www.deangraziosi.com/forums/discuss-news-and-events/deans-gain-ed...
/temporary signature added 3/23/2012
/removed 3/31/2012
That is really bad, as these are all deangraziosi.com links.
I hope they get the system working properly fast, or I'll have a LOT of my posts removed just because they have links to so many different threads. It looks like your signature is still there, btw 
Also, the spammers are now posting primarily in the BLOGS portion of the website because they can't be flagged and removed. Its odd, I've had a few legitimate posts removed (some were over a year old!!) because I included a link.
Thank you Courtney!!!! I can't wait to go either I just bought my airfare and I am ready now... impatiens is one of my virtues1 hahahaha!! I can't wait to meet you too Courtney. I hope to get a picture of you, Cahd and me together. It will be so exciting.
I cannot wait to meet all of this fantastic people Jay, TAMMY!! Jen, Rina,Mark, Linda, Valerie, Ali,Carol, Jan, Matt, and Dean himself. Oh my the list goes on I can't name them all. I am so thankful that a ticket was donanted and I know the person is disappointed in not being able to go, But I will use it to the best of my ability I PROMISE
Courtney is right by saying Tammy has done a wonderful job. It is appreciated for sure. I cannot wait to see everyone... 4 weeks away!
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
I want to make sure that the following have NOT sent in their payment. Other people sent some in and they went to the wrong desk, so I want to be sure that they weren't misrouted. Also, if you haven't sent them in, if you can please let me know when they will be received, I'd appreciate it greatly! Thank you all for your generousity!
Jay (jbtoggs)
Richard R
Brian (wwillc)
Donna (additional contribution)
Ginger(gcomstock)
Eric (emattp)
Cathy (cathyb)
Ali (coolboy)
Tom (tfalcon7000)
Also, remember, payments can now be sent via paypal (select 'gift') to [email protected]
If you are considering donating, we are still far short from the goal of $5K. We have raised $1155 thusfar. Thank you all for donating to this contest; we'd love to be able to offer it again next year, but we can't unless we can raise more for it.
Hey Tammy I couldn't do pay pal do I guess The check is in the mail!
Keep it going everyone
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
It didn't work? Hmm... wonder what happened. Did you use info@DeanEnterprisesLLC as the email address?
bumping for more donations
Additional donation of 150 is in the mail
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
20 days and counting!!!!
Please donate to the cause. Tammy has given sooo much!!!!!!!!!!!
mjust 10 dollars is all we are asking to keep this gift going
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
Gee, so sorry everyone. I just saw this and have not read completely though and can't tell when the update was updated?
By the last post I see we still more. But I can donate.
How close or far are we?
Have you chosen the winners? Is Donna one? Do you still need evaluators (not sure if I would be qualified).
Tammy, it's nearly Easter, but are you there?
Never, Never, Never Quit, N3Q
"Nothing happens until you place an offer."
"Skip Deal #1, go straight to Deal #2; it's so much easier."
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." — Peter F. Drucker... so, "Don't sweat the small stuff." -R.Carlson. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."~E.Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927...so, Do it for the right reason and "Do it with a headache!" - Dean Graziosi, Weekly Wisdom #176
I think you can still donate using paypal (details somewhere in this thread... or maybe Tammy has updated the original post). The Edge 2012 is on April 27 to 29.
Cris
Yes, I just checked, donation info on Tammy's updated and original thread.
Cris
Thanks for the assist!
See you at The Edge?
Tammy, when you get on:
How much do you still need?
All winners in place?
Need anything else?
Never, Never, Never Quit, N3Q
"Nothing happens until you place an offer."
"Skip Deal #1, go straight to Deal #2; it's so much easier."
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." — Peter F. Drucker... so, "Don't sweat the small stuff." -R.Carlson. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."~E.Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927...so, Do it for the right reason and "Do it with a headache!" - Dean Graziosi, Weekly Wisdom #176
You're welcome Tina!
See you at the Edge!
Cris
I cannot wait to meet you both. And Yes Tina I get to go. someone donated thier ticket because he was not going to be able to attend and they allowed me to have the ticket!!!!! So Courtney, Chad and I all 3 get to go. The paypal link and the mailing address is on the first page fo this post. I cannot wait!!! now......what to wear?????
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
YEs, any amount would be appreciated! We have not even come close to the $5K donation needed unfortunately. You can goto paypal and pay using 'gift' to [email protected]
Thank you SO much!!!
Sorry to be a pest, but I see I can donate and that Tammy did not hit nearly what she wanted, but just for kicks, can you tell me what the contest is for (obviously I did not read the whole thread-- sorry). I thought the contest was to get winners (by essay) and the winner would go to the Edge....
Yes? Close?
Thanks.
PS, so what happens if she doesn't get all the $$$$?
Never, Never, Never Quit, N3Q
"Nothing happens until you place an offer."
"Skip Deal #1, go straight to Deal #2; it's so much easier."
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." — Peter F. Drucker... so, "Don't sweat the small stuff." -R.Carlson. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."~E.Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927...so, Do it for the right reason and "Do it with a headache!" - Dean Graziosi, Weekly Wisdom #176
This was an essay contest for free tickets to the edge event for 2 winners. I lost by 0.2 points.
so Tammy did her magic and got the powers that be to agree, that if 5000 was raised then the 3rd place person would be allowed to go also. I believe though enough money had to be raised to pay for the 2 free tickets so that the funds does not have to come out of Deans own pocket.
Otherwise this contest will not happen again.
Am I right Tammy?
"Don't tell me I can't, Tell me how I can."
doing it if there aren't enough donations. I didn't do any magic for you Donna.
Someone was not able to goto the Edge, and gave his ticket to Jeremy, Megan and Dean to give to whomever they wanted. They chose you Donna, despite us not reaising the $5K yet.
But, that being said, this is a wonderful contest that we want to be able to do every year. So, any donation you can give will allow us to continue the contest next year. Dean already gives SO much of himself and gives us this site, the blogs, the video casts, and runs his own contests; this is the DG family giving back to the DG family members who are up and coming investors. We would love to be able to keep doing it year after year.
We are SO appreciative of everyone who has given a donation! And we hope if you haven't donated and are able to, you would please consider donating. We are now up to $1265 in donations! Thank you for your consideration of giving a donation of any amount! Thank you!
Tammy,
Are they no longer accepting donations through Paypal?
I just tried sending my $10 that way and got an error that said "This recipient is currently unable to receive money."
Please let me know.
Thanks.
Brian
Brian Carter
Proverbs 13:20
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bumping for more donations
I tried too.
btw, If the donations don't get to $5K, will the donations you get this year be "in the pot" to begin next years contest? Or do you have plans for the funds from this year?
Never, Never, Never Quit, N3Q
"Nothing happens until you place an offer."
"Skip Deal #1, go straight to Deal #2; it's so much easier."
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." — Peter F. Drucker... so, "Don't sweat the small stuff." -R.Carlson. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."~E.Hubbard, The Note Book, 1927...so, Do it for the right reason and "Do it with a headache!" - Dean Graziosi, Weekly Wisdom #176
they ARE having trouble with that paypal account and paypal is looking into it, so this is the new paypal address to pay to: [email protected] . Remember to designate it as a 'gift'. We've lost a lot of donations with that not working. So, if you did try to pay by paypal and it didn't work, please try with this new info. Thank you everyone!
Tammy,
Thanks for the updated PayPal info. I sent the original $10 plus I had an extra $7.42 in my PayPal account, so you should get $17.42 from me.
I know it's not much, but I truly hope it along with everyone else's donations can truly change someone's life.
Thanks again.
Brian Carter
wwillc
Brian Carter
Proverbs 13:20
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