First Direct Marketing Campaign

[Ramon Cuevas]

Hello BP,

I am a newbie investor in the Austin area which is a super competitive market. For the last 6 months, I have been reading, listening to podcasts, joined my local REIA and also try to attend real estate related meetups a couple of times a week, long story short I have yet to do my first deal. In late October after listening to a podcast featuring Tom Krol, I was able to obtain a list of code violations from the city of Round Rock which contained approximately 1500 names and addresses. I was not sure what kind of response I would get and decided to split mailing into two campaigns a couple of weeks apart. I am using postcards and to date I have not received any calls. Is this normal and should I be concerned? I understand that it takes more than 1 campaign and the fact that my campaign was around the holidays which can be a factor in the number of responses. Also, has anybody used Cris Chico's blind postcard and had success?

Any advice or suggestions will be appreciated.