Real Estate Investor · San Antonio, TX · Member since 2009 · 44 posts · 13 votes
I just sent out 768 yellow post cards to absentee owners in 2 zip codes in my area. Really it's 767 + 1 to me so I know when to expect the phone calls to start. I used Click2mail's 4x6 single sided card. I'll post updates on response rates/quality.
Real Estate Investor · Austin, TX · Member since 2009 · 118 posts · 76 votes
16y
Chris- depends on the time you have allotted for this and how you could otherwise be spending the time printing and stuffing. I've seen a lot of investors quit doing DM because of the time and effort involved.
And when you consider the time of doing other things for two hours a night, it becomes easy to procrastinate. I've found people who outsource these tasks tend to perform this type of marketing longer and have more success.
Homeowner · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2010 · 123 posts · 66 votes
16y
As a receiver of the yellow card/note or whatever, it can be very weird. I actually got one or at least something similar years ago at a home I owned and sold last year. I wasn't late on payments or absentee. Honestly, when I opened it I started looking out the blinds like, is someone watching me? I was actually thinking that I might want to sell at the time because I was always away. It was eerie.
That is not to dismiss anyone's success. I'm just saying.
Terry, Baltimore is a territory that I cover and I was wondering what the market is like out here as I sit in an Inner Harbor Hotel. This is a crazy city and that coming from someone from Philly says a lot. I would love to speak with you about investing in Baltimore.