., typically has longer term tenants$(1,056) 8% prop. management, although will self manage foreseeable future$(1,535) prop. taxes$(840) prop. insurance$(600) trash - this could be removed, he is providing a dumpster but city has free trash$(1320) snow removal & lawn care, tiny yard---------$(7,331) total annual property expenses, not including mortgage$(3,543) Mortgage 30yr, 5% fixed, $68k purchase price, 20%down =54k mortgage --------$(10,874) total expenses including mortgage$13,200 total ANNUAL Rents------------$2326 - annual cashflow (average $193/mo), $15,000 - upfront cash invested, the 20% down on mortgage + 2k closing, misc. $2,280 - additional annual cashflow potential through expense cutting and rent increasesthere is about $7k of differed maintenance of mainly cosmetic interior updates/flooring once the long term tenants eventually move out.

With the higher quantity of people, there’s come a lower quality.There were some highly experienced and qualified professionals who used to be active almost daily, who are now inactive.

The Entry Only or Flat Fee model is not for everyone and there are a ton of very good and very professional Listing Agents out there that are worth the money .... but unfortunately they are not the majority. ....and Entry Only listings are just a tiny fraction of the market (much less than 1%) so no need to concern...keep doing what you are doing, ethically and professionally and you will always have good paying listings.

I was out all that money because I wanted to be cheap and get a better price per postcard by printing larger quantity.

It's about quality not quantity for leads, what are you using to decide who to send the mailers too?

At the end of the day, it's not the quantity of calls, but the quality is all that matters.

So if your house listing looks tiny, and all that text is a messs and you have to scroll, pinch, and expand.. you are losing the game.

Especially with such a small quantity such as 50 mailed.

Steven Johnson I like to "dig deeper" on less rather than quantity with "blind/vanilla" requests.e.g.

For my latest batch of mailers I was considering using Standard 3rd class postage because it is quite a bit cheaper, 10 cents cheaper in fact which is huge with the quantity I am mailing.My question is, generally, how long does it take for the post office to get around to taking care of your mail with standard postage?