BiggerPockets

I've recently listed a property on Craigslist that I am working on as a wholesale due to its condition. I have had a number of responses via email and I have responsed with the following: (Give me feedback on how effective this response is or any other comments)

Dear ???:

I appreciate your interest in the property. Would you please provide the
following information so I can better understand how we might be able to work
together on this property and perhaps other properties I have or will have in
the future?

Buyers Information

Please provide the following information:

1. Name:
2. Email Address:
3. Company Name:
4. Preferred Phone #:
5. FAX #:
6. Type of Buyer:
Retail
Investor
Rehabber
Wholesaler

7. Type of Property most interested in: Single Family, Multi-Family?
8. Preferred Property Characteristics: Sq ft, # Bedrooms, # Bathrooms?
9. Type of Financing Available: Cash or Loan?
10. Preferred Price Range?
11. Areas of the Greater Baton Rouge of most interest?
12. If Rehabber, what level of rehab are you comfortable with?
13. If Investor, how many transactions in the past 12 months?

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Have a Great Day!
Bob Burns

Maybe it's just me but if I got an email back like that I would think the property was not legit and someone is just trying to build a buyers list. As a buyer I would want to take a look at the property and figure out if it was a good deal or if it was even legit before I gave up all my info to someone.

Those are all good questions and I think I would add Joe's question to it as well...always good to know how many homes they are looking to buy.

I think you might have better luck bringing those questions up in a casual conversation about the property on the phone. Just my opinion.

Jeff

He sounds like a potential buyer. Set an appt. and show him the property, if he's legit he'll show up.

If you get him to the property and he's interested I would get a $1000 non-refundable earnest money deposit from him.

Jeff

I have to agree with the other responses that I might not like this response from you.

If I were an investor, and I recognized your deal as a wholesaler, I would also think "there's not really a house available, and this is a newbie wholesaler using some guru technique to build a buyer's list." I might respond or might not, but you have lost me as a buyer for that property.

If I were someone looking for a house to live in, I would be totally stunned with your response. I would certainly think its a scam of some sort, I just wouldn't know what.

I think you're really trying to sell a house. You should respond with info about the house! You've just had someone express an interest in the house you're advertising. Your number one priority is to convert them to a buyer.

Now, if you go around with someone a couple of times, and it becomes clear they are not interested in that particular house and that they are an investor, your list may be fine to send out. If its someone who's not an investor, but does want to buy a house, just not that one, I'd take out all the investor type questions and get more information from them. You just might be able to sell them a house.

I appreciate all the responds and as I wrote the reply to my Craigslist Ad, I also felt it was a bit heavy, but I'm learning and your feedback is taken very constructively.

Thanks