All Forum Posts by: Brian Stripling
Brian Stripling has started 1 posts and replied 2 times.
Yesterday was a game changer for me... I used a paid service to skip trace and what a difference these leads i got made.. i have one deal on a property im about to send a contract on ... and 3 inline to qualify 2 distressed houses and a 5 acre commercial lot... so to answer your questions...
Aaron K. Specialist from Riverside, CA
replied 1 day ago
What are you asking for? higher quality of numbers or more time on the phone? There is no way to force an owner to talk to you, and most of the paid phone lists aren't going to have much better quality.
my question was....is there a better way to get owner info on a property than using free skip tracing sites?
Barry Pekin Specialist from Purcellville, VA
replied about 20 hours ago
Your question is confusing. What do you mean by the sites not giving you much time on the phone with anyone?
Are you not getting quality numbers so you're not reaching people? Or are you talking to people and they're cutting you short because they're not interested?
If it's the first, there are more ways to search for phone numbers, as well as other ways to contact the owners. There's door knocking, asking neighbors (for situations like abandoned properties), county records, sending mail, etc. If you're going to be calling people, recognize that getting quality leads and numbers takes real effort.
If it's the latter, and people aren't spending much time on the phone with you, that's ok. It's good, in fact. The more people you talk to, the more No's you get, the closer you're getting to a yes. You also need to consider follow-up. It can take several "touches" before you get to really start a good relationship with someone. Those might be phone calls, texts, emails, letters, etc. Come up with a marketing campaign to continue contacting prospects. It's funny. I've received a few random calls, texts, and postcards, and when I've told them I'm not currently interested in selling, I NEVER get contacted a second time. I even asked a question to one of the texters. I said no, but added a question. He never answered. Now imagine if I suddenly had a real need to sell, and I wanted to do that through a wholesaler. None of these guys would get a call from me. In fact, I wouldn't know how to contact them. If one of them had communicated with me a few times, that would be the first person I would talk to.
For me its all about getting people on the phone and having a conversation ...Ive been doing this about 6 weeks now or so ... and Im just finding the tools on a shoe string budget that work for me ...I don't have a budget for mass texting and mailers or signs I scrounged some money for prop stream and a driving for dollars app...but yeah I found a skip tracing service that was affordable and paid for a skip on 58 vacant properties in my area .... I got 7 people on the phone in the first 10 leads 2 were motivated sellers ... the one I have a contract on was a referral from a contractor we use ... and I got a call back from a seller with a 5 acre commercial property ... its just been very frustraiting to spend time on fast people search and true people search and county tax info web sites looking up info and waisting time .
all the free skip tracing sites do not give me much time on the phone with anybody is there a better way to get owner info on a property