Real Estate Investor · Burien, WA · Member since 2014 · 286 posts · 98 votes
Hey everyone,
So I just sent my first round of 1000 post cards out and they should be hitting mailboxes today. Im posting to share my experience and will keep you all updated.
Investor · Fayetteville, NC · Member since 2015 · 55 posts · 13 votes
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I called a title company and you should ask for customer service, you will simply ask them if they can put together a list for you and they will say yes or no and if it is free or not. After that I just gave them my criteria.
zipcodes/cities, equity %, VA, conventional, absentees, etc.
The manager I spoke to was very helpful and emailed me half of what I asked for on a Friday afternoon. I am expecting the other half on Monday.
Good luck.
P/S if the first title company you call is not helpful just call another until you get a good one.
Real Estate Investor · Burien, WA · Member since 2014 · 286 posts · 98 votes
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@Rasheed Muslimani.. I used list source.... I know folks who say to call a title company and you can get a list that way cheaper, but you have to scrub the list... I just want to mail:)...
@Jeff Baillis... I am using google voice on my iPhone and will answer calls when I can.. Otherwise they will go to voicemail...
@Marcus Kennedy... I will definitely keep updating ... I see lots of threads that stop and we never seem to get the final results
Investor · Fayetteville, NC · Member since 2015 · 55 posts · 13 votes
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Awesome Kevin! Did you have a print shop do your cards? I've been printing my own letters and have been thinking about do postcards, but I have not settled on who to have do them for me.
BTW - I called one title company and got a list of 3000 properties inside my demographic the same day. List source would have cost $800 but I got it free. Message me for the contact if you are interested. You are right I had to scrub the LLCs but those are potential buyers so I just moved them to a new list.
Investor · Fayetteville, NC · Member since 2015 · 55 posts · 13 votes
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I called a title company and you should ask for customer service, you will simply ask them if they can put together a list for you and they will say yes or no and if it is free or not. After that I just gave them my criteria.
zipcodes/cities, equity %, VA, conventional, absentees, etc.
The manager I spoke to was very helpful and emailed me half of what I asked for on a Friday afternoon. I am expecting the other half on Monday.
Good luck.
P/S if the first title company you call is not helpful just call another until you get a good one.
@Dustin Little ... I used a service like yellow letters.. .49 cents per card with first class postage.. Totally worth it.. Since Postage is 39 cents a peice.. I figured ten more cents was worth my time...and I didn't touch them:)
Also please message me the number to the title company .. That's awesome:).. Thanks :):)
@Josh Michel I am wholesaling to start and will do some flips at some point.
@Mike Osterman I picked no later than 2000 for the loan origination date because they most likely have more equity and have had it for agile and may be ready to sell( and that's what my mentor told me to do.. So I did:)
Real Estate Investor · Burien, WA · Member since 2014 · 286 posts · 98 votes
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yes it is @Mike Osterman... She had been closing a deal a month and the first meeting I had with her, we went to get her check at the title company for 25k.... Soooooo.... :):)
Real Estate Investor · Burien, WA · Member since 2014 · 286 posts · 98 votes
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@Jared Wilson... So that's where my mentor and I may differ.... She says I should mail to a completely different list, but everything I've heard on BP and other wholesalers say to keep mailing for at least 6 months ... So I am going to do both:)
What do you use for a CRM? Are you going to get a call center? I use HighRise from 37 Signals and am testing a bunch of answering services I Found online.
Real Estate Investor · Burien, WA · Member since 2014 · 286 posts · 98 votes
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@Ariel O.... I plan to use Podio at this point... As far a call center, I have no plans at this point, I like fielding the calls for now as it is helping me learn to talk to potential sellers and get comfortable with that ..
I like talking to people too.. Except I did a drop in February with a 24% response rate and it basically had my phone ringing non stop, with 30 minute calls to qualify the leads (this was in the mobile home park space, I have specific criteria that a lot don't meet). So my next drop I am testing it with LiveAnswer.com.. Too much volume for one guy to handle, not worth it to have a full time employee.