100% response rate to my first drive for dollars campaign!!
So I took my first step as a real estate investor this week (outside of studying and learning) and went driving for dollars! It took roughly about 3 hours, and despite having to pee the whole time and being too stubborn to take a break, I had a blast!!!
I was targeting absentee owners, so I was looking for overall disrepair of the house, such as boarded up windows, sunk in roofs, overgrown lawn, and so on. I managed to compile a list of about 80 addresses and after doing research at my local tax assessors website I managed to determine that about 50 of those names were actual absentee owners. So, I hand wrote letters and sent them out two days ago.
Skip to this morning. I woke up a little nervous knowing that my letters should arrive at their destinations today and I could potentially get my first call at any second!!! However, this did not happen..... the letters arrived at my house instead.
I guess having a few beers while burning the midnight oil to get all of those letters done wasn't the best idea, because I mixed up the to and from section on the envelopes! See look at me, already learning so much valuable information from my mistakes as a young real estate investor.
Cheers everyone!
Comments (2)
LMAO!!!! That is too funny @Micah Copeland
I love this post!
Chaz Reid, about 9 years ago
Haha! I came here looking for the kool-aide! I could definitely see myself doing something like this. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you have "better" success next time :)
Frankie Woods, over 9 years ago