Building up these pages definitely takes time, effort, and consistency but if you have enough followers/views you can begin monetizing your pages and that will bring you in an additional stream of income.

I have a real estate agent on the team, so anyone that wants to get retail for the house we will just list it. trying to monetize every lead that comes in since we are spending $$$ on these leads.

But THEY still monetized mE by my click throughs, time spent oN THE WEBSITE (aLL OF THESE STUPID CAPS ARE THE NEW APP) seeing adds, listening to the podcasts and maybe down the road a pro account when I finally stop beating around the bush.

The response rate for Post Cards in my area is abysmal which of course translates into fewer deals.What I did to offset the cost of the letters was learn how to monetize more of the leads, either through referral or follow up.

However, going through lean time in the past, I learned how to monetize leads that don't make sense for me by referring them to the folks that thrive on such things.I do not like Short Sales, Lease Options, Wraps or sub tos....anything with that much time and paperwork makes me cringe.

It's important to know if your correctly monetizing a property.

It'll allow you to monetize those leads that aren't so motivated and are willing to wait to get the most money.

Good question mate.Been in the game long enough that I can sell till the "cow's come home" lolOr find a way to convert, monetize, optimize, etc...It's against my ethics so I choose not to.And I've done my fair share of charity and still do to this day.Feeding the poor per seBut I refuse to "Feed" the lazy and ignorant (And wealthy) with free information that took blood, sweat and tears and years to get.I'll let the guru's monetize on such folks with their books, guides and masterminds lol

Is anyone monetizing security deposit "loans"?

The recipe for most websites is provide a ton of free value to build up the user base and then monetize it.