BiggerPockets

Randal,

You would have to be more specific on what, where, and who you're mailing. 4x6 or 6x11, two sided or one, black and white or full color, carrier route saturation or provided list, bulk or first class?

I do 4x6, full color both sides, variable print data, provide my own list (in and out of state recipients), bulk mail. Everything included (print, address, sort, postage, and mailing) for $0.37 each. This is for an order of 10,000 so smaller quantities would surely be a little more costly.

Andy - who do you use? PM me if you like.

Norm - I use some proprietary software that finds my leads.

I use Kessler Creative for my postcards, a quick google search will give you their webpage. As far as my lists go, I get them for free from my title company.

Last name, property address, last sale date, last sale price, year built, style (i.e. ranch, townhouse, two story, etc..), sq. ft., # beds, # bath, type of garage, basement, finished basement area, assessed value, loan date, interest rate, absentee, mailing address, subdivision. I can also specify type of loan (i.e. conventional, FHA, VA) and also specify a map area. All of these categories are sortable, so for example I can say I only want 3-4 bedroom ranches with 3 car garages being absentee owners living in Alaska. Pretty cool considering the price of $0.00

I buy my postcards at $0.05 each (includes shipping). With a $0.28 first class stamp, each post costs me $0.37. That is for quantity of 5000. Labels are less than a penny each.

What company do you use? Thanks

http://phoenixmedia.com/

I've only used them once, but you get your postcards in 7 days (including shipping) and they looked great. I'm definitely going back to them with more orders.

Justin - do you hand write on each one, or do you use a printer? Or, do you have them print your text on the card and then you affix both the address and return label yourself?

Interesting and thanks. I'll have to get on the phone. I can't believe I haven't yet?????????

$200-$250 should get you 5000 post cards. Even after you add a stamp and mailing label, cost of printing the label, it ends up being real cheap - a few cents.

I like my post cards to a real human feel and to have a real stamp, so I never use metered mailing services.

For just a few bucks, you can easily find a kid to stick labels and stamps on your cards and deliver them to you for posting.

$0.7/card still sounds to me like a lot. FYI, I delegate almost everything except making sure I have the right leads.