All Forum Posts by: Claire Trammell

Hello @Hector Lozano!

A lot of the info you find on here is still relatively relevant. The data sources you stated are still active and reliable. I am partial to Listsource, mostly because that is the data source I am most familiar with and I have pulled many lists from them. 

I know I am not in your area, however I have pulled lists from the San Antonio area and have had pretty good feedback.

Hope that is helpful! Let me know if I can help any further.

Hello @Ricky Davidson! Welcome to the BP Community!

I'm most familiar with using Listsource to purchase a list of equity absentee owners. I've pulled many, many lists through them and they seem to be pretty good lists.

@Jose Castillo

Most mail companies will take care of the mail merging for you. Since you have your own list, you would upload it to your order and the mail company will use that to personalize your mail pieces.

As for your original question about postcards vs. yellow letters, I would recommend both. Direct mail tends to work best when you send a campaign of 5-7 different pieces, 4 weeks apart from each other. Follow ups are key as the average person takes 3-5 touches before picking up the phone to respond.

Hope that helps! Happy investing! 

Hello @Michael Lewis and @Hank Oyler!

There are a number of us here on BP. We are not allowed to self-advertise, however there are quite a few forum posts that discuss our pros and cons. A quick search will yield TONS of results!

Feel free to reach out if I can help! Good luck! :-)

Hello @Shante Gaines!

I would say it would depend on the quantity of leads you have to mail. If it is a small quantity, you may benefit from doing this in-house using a mail merge system. However, as you grow or if you have a larger quantity or less time, a mail house could be the way to go.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out if I can help any further! Good luck! 

Hello @Jacob R.!

The wording above for your letters is fine as-is. You're merely letting the recipient know that you are interested in their property and enticing them to contact you for negotiations. We send out simple messages like this all the time on yellow letters.

As for needing to have an LLC or not, you can totally do this without an LLC. Look at it like it is: you're a buyer looking to purchase a house from a seller. LLCs are not the only ones that can purchase a house, so you are good to go. Now, if in the future you could benefit from creating a LLC, go for it!

Get out there and start your campaign! Good luck!

Hello @Melissa Gittens!

As @Walter Roby jr mentioned, there are a number of us out there. Most of us will send you samples if you request them, which I think is helpful so you can have a physical example to compare.

Feel free to reach out if I can help!

@Vincent Gnapi

Check out BP Podcast #77. Awesome podcast where they role play a conversation about negotiating price with a seller.

@Derrick Gray

3-5 weeks is a typical time frame. Though I usually recommend every 4 weeks to keep it consistent. 

@Kevin Martignetti

I'm with @Patrick Wheeler on this. Yellow letters are best done with just a name and contact phone number. The website makes it a lot less personal and is best on a typed letter instead.

When you send a typed letter later on, add the website then. 

Good luck!