Dealing with all these potential clients is too much work. I need a website designed to get retail buyers and then email them for me little tidbits here and there in the meantime between emailing them houses.
I also need a website designed to get sellers and email them to get them tidbits about the declining market and bailout and all that stuff I drool over.
I also need a site designed to track investors to wholesale my discounted cashflowing properties to and do a little email campaign every other week or once a month.
I see plenty of these out there. Where do I sign up?
You can get a customized website for as little as $199. However, these are usually very generic websites with very generic capabilities.
When you need specific capabilities built into your website, it's best to hire a professional. Depending on your budget, these can run between $500 up to as much as $10000.
I use ELANCE.COM to get quotes for my specific website creation needs. Think of it as an online workplace where business owners can connect with qualified professionals. You state your specific needs and before you know it, you'll have a handful of professionals wanting to work for you. Elance handles the bid process and the payments. It's a great service.
As for the emailing them with tidbits of info, you need to have an autoresponder software. I personally use aweber.com and they are great. Some other ones to consider can be:
getresponse.com
icontact.com
There are some software programs out there but I would shy away from those. The reason: if your computer goes down/crashes/dies, your list goes with it (unless you regularly back up to somewhere else).
Also, the deliverability is not as good is because the message comes from your own IP. Aweber and other autoresponder services I listed have already established their IP's, have them whitelisted and their email deliverability is much higher than a software program.