All Forum Posts by: Chris Stromdahl

What time intervals are you using for your direct mail campaigns?

# of weeks?

# of months?

@Dan Perrott 

Nice Dan. Thank you for the input.

I am in the process of working through a short sale transaction.

My real estate agent, who I have come to know pretty well, asked me to call the county and city assessors office to verify whether there are any "special assessments" on the property. When I called the assessors office, they women thought this question was unusual and said that my agent should be doing a title search in order to collect this type of property information.

I called my agent back, explained things and he then said he would do a title search. 

I don't mind at all doing the leg work, but I would like to know if this is a typical request on behalf of the agent. 

What is your experience?

I have been systematically driving for dollars and have collected a significant list.

Two things:

I can go online to the county assessors office to collect the owner's name, mailing address, etc. Do you think that this is a productive use of my time?

OR

I use a generic salutation, run the leads through a series of mailer campaigns and discard the leads that do not produce results. If you think this is a better use of my time, what salutation do you suggest that I use keeping in mind that I have no idea who the owners are?

Thanks, Chris

This was all good stuff.

Thank you for the input.

Thank you to everyone for your responses.

This type of help is what makes BP so amazing!

What title or introduction would you suggest I use for corporate owned properties?

Example: property is owned by ABC corp, with no management personnel contact information provided.

What salutation have you had success with?

Dear business owner, Dear managing principal, Dear management team?

Thanks, Chris

I am trying to stay away from buying properties with carpeting.

Does that make sense?

I will take it into account if the deal is good, but my mind set is that carpet will cost me money every time the unit is turned over.

I figure wood floors/laminate will be easier to manage in the long run.

Thoughts?

@Stacey Olson 

Thank you!!