Which sellers should I target thru direct mail with $1500 budget?

[Ariel Lee]

Hi!

I am getting ready to send my first 2000 direct mails. I chose few zip codes that I plan to target. But I just don't know which sellers to target. I would love to hear your opinions, here's are my options:

1. List of absentee owners with 40% equity or more from listsource.
2. List of tax late, vacant, divorce from Citracado or Flipthisrealestatelist
3. Combination of both 50/50

I am leaning for option 2. I think these niche sellers would be a good starting point for me. But my only gripe is that I don't know how reliable are these lists from both Citracado and Flipthisrealestatelist. Has anybody any experience with them? or do you know any other list provider who could provide these niche seller lists?
Thanks so much for your help!

[Ned Carey]

Hoestly I wouldn't do direct mail with only an $1500 buget.  $1500 may not get you a deal and then you are out of money.  What would you do then? Is that $1500 a month or is that all the money you have? 

Direct mail, while effective, is also very expensive.