All Forum Posts by: Michael Swanson Jr.

That’s just how much it costs to get a half decent amount of leads. Everyone is doing direct marketing. These homeowners have a dining room table full of letters and postcards from guys like us. I’ve never got a lead from direct mail, I stopped after my first couple of campaigns because I wasn’t seeing results. Guys that I’ve talked to said they spend around $7K-$10K in direct mail marketing and they expect a 1% response at best. From that they’ll close a few deals. I wouldn’t rule out direct mail completely if it’s something you want to do. But if you don’t have at least $5K to spend per month it might take a while to close a deal. There are a lot cheaper ways to get deals in our market for someone who doesn’t have that kind of money out of the gate

Cody I see you’re in Fairfield. I market in Solano County and to be quite honest direct mail is a waste of time unless you have at minimum $5K-$7K a month to put into it and even then you might only get a couple calls. If you don’t have that I’d definitely suggest driving for dollars and putting out signs

Podio, REIPro, Realeflow, FreedomSoft...what are you all using?

While you’re looking for another job do some free marketing. Drive for dollars, call FSBOs on Craigslist

Mark Pedroza what about contra costa county?

Mark Pedroza thanks Mark! That should help a lot

Ok thanks, will do

Anybody know how I can get my hands on the tax delinquent absentee owner list in my area?

I’m a new wholesaler and I’m looking to network with Bay Area wholesalers and cash buyers.