Shadow Inventory

As previously explained this is very much an experiment. And with all great experiments there are knowns and unknowns. My first unknown found me the other day. I was explaining the 100 Clients in 100 Days philosophy to a friend of mine. He was really excited about the idea and we ended up talking for about 2 hours. There was no doubt he wanted to be a part. So when I asked hi if I could promote our relationship on Facebook he answered back, "I don't think that would be smart of me." I was confused at first because my thinking all along had been, if you are down with this philosophy then why hide it? This experiment is more then helping out clients, it's about helping out Realtors and the real estate industry by spreading the word of how the real estate business is suppose to be performed and what should be expected by clients and Realtors both. And what kind of social network or open book of clients is made up of anonymous members? My friend's reasoning was pretty simple and straight forward. He is in an industry where he has multiple Realtors and real estate related professionals as clients. So for him it was a possible risk to his business to promote our business. Fair enough. So enter my new silent partners or as I call them, my Shadow Inventory!
Shadow Inventory is a term used for foreclosed and bank owned properties that they haven't yet processed or released to the general public for sale. This inventory is held back to help out the banks numbers each quarter. So similar to banks, these secret clients are here to help in this mini real estate revolution but you don't know when and don't know who they are.
Now the question is, do I count them in the 100? As I mentioned previously I feel that to put anonymous clients on the group would hurt the program overall. So I've decided to exclude them from the public but keep them in the 100 privately. So that means at the end of 100 days I will more then likely have 120 clients! Wow, this jog just turned into a run! They don't call them experiments for nothing.