Contacting Motivated Sellers Through Facebook?

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I've been attempting to contact a few property owners through cold calling and direct mail with no success. I have been able to locate them on Facebook and was considering contacting them that way. I know FB marketing is a great way to generate leads, but I wasn't too sure about directly contacting a property owner first.... My question is, has anyone else in the forums had success contacting sellers through Facebook? And if so, what would be the most kosher way to go about contacting them? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated!!!

Jake S. · Answer

Hey Chuck! I personally haven't done it, but a close friend of mine has and has had a lot of success. Just remember to approach these people kindly and think of how you can add value to them, otherwise your odds of succeeding with them is slim to none.

Just think about how you'd like to be approached by someone if you were in their shoes

Philip L. · Answer

Hey @Chuck Hupert - Trying to contact property owners directly is going to be tricky, the best way to do it is through the FB ad platform, I've been running ads and getting leads consistently on FB send me a message so I can understand more about your business.

Chuck Hupert · Answer

@John Corey thats a good point and I never considered that. Luckily I tried a handful and got a 100% rate on responses. I will definitely be keeping this in mind however

John Corey · Answer

Be very clear on the Terms of Service for Facebook. You do not want to get your account shut down. Even if you completely follow the rules, FB will block an account if they get complaints. It might be the complaints are flawed or bogus. It will be up to you to get to someone at FB who can unblock the account.

So, there is a risk to using a platform where you have no control.

Chuck Hupert · Answer

@Guy S. so far I haven't had an issue. They all have been read and responded to. Im not sure if it gives you a notification that you have a message request or how it works but so far so good!

Guy S. · Answer

@Chuck Hupert if I remember correctly, as long as your not FB friends with the owner, the message you send them get sent to a background inbox, and most chances never get opened anyway

Chuck Hupert · Answer

@Philip L. Im actually creating my business website tomorrow. Once I have that up I will shoot you a message. I wanted to interlink the site and FB. Plus I also needed a privacy policy to link into FB to be able to run the ad I wanted to.

Thanks buddy you will hear from me soon!

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