All Forum Posts by: Catie Fihn

@Peter Mckernan thank you for you reply! You make very good points. And yes, I think that's something that goes under the radar when hiring VAs. Where they are located definitely can impact how they speak with your leads! 

@Mitch Messer this is great info! I hadn't yet accessed online court records to find deals, but will add this strategy to my list. Thank you so much!!

@Ghassan Jabali  This is great insight.  Thank you!!

@Cornelius Garland  This is fantastic information.  Thank you so much!  I'm interested in the part where you mentioned that the leads from texting are more motivated.  I have no doubt that is true, but what makes a text lead more motivated as opposed to someone who is reached by call?

I am very interested in cold texting, but many I have spoken to have questioned the legality of it.  Have we been misinformed about that?

You make very good points against cold calling myself.  I was more leaning towards hiring a company, but I am now sold on doing so, lol.  But like I mentioned, I am very interested in cold texting, and would love to implement that strategy into our business.  If you have any tips on cold texting, I would appreciate any insight you have!

@Amanda Smith  This is really wonderful feedback.  Thank you!!  I will be sure to reach out if I need anything!

@Zeeshan S. I would absolutely LOVE to use texting, but I thought it was illegal?  Or at least a gray area of legality?  If I am misunderstood about that, then I would absolutely incorporate SMS into our strategy.  And yes, I would greatly appreciate any insights into how combining the two can boost our lead generation.  Thanks!

@Mitch Messer  All good points.  The two companies I have interviewed gave me an average number of leads that they pull in per hour and per week.  That is simply a lead, which doesn't necessarily mean it will become a closed deal.  I chose cold-calling because we are in the middle of a battle with Google to get our website back up, and in the meantime, we are assessing the best way to reach motivated sellers.  If we are going to have any calling done for our business, I'd rather outsource that so that we can spend our time finding properties in other ways.  I'm on the fence about mailers, but I know a lot of people have success with them.  May I ask, what is your preferred method of getting leads?

Is it worth it to hire a cold calling company instead of doing the cold-calling myself? The company I am considering states it would call for 4 hours per day, 20 hours per week, and generates an average of 6 leads per week. I have never cold-called before, so unsure if I should do it myself or go straight to hiring someone out. Looking for the pros and cons of both. Thanks!

Is it worth it to hire a cold calling company instead of doing the cold-calling myself?  The company I am considering states it would call for 4 hours per day, 20 hours per week, and generates an average of 6 leads per week.  I have never cold-called before, so unsure if I should do it myself or go straight to hiring someone out.  Looking for the pros and cons of both.  Thanks!

My husband and I have been flipping for a few years now. Up until this point, we have only done full rehabs, but I am very interested in other strategies, such as wholetailing. How do you assess the ARV of a property when you are doing minimal work to get it back on the market? I assume a wholetailed property won't comp as much as a fully rehabbed house. How do you estimate ARVs for a wholetail?