Starting with my first "large" yellow letter mailing! Finally...

[Joshua Gordon]

After a long delay (which was completely my fault) I finally got an email from YellowLetters.com saying my order was done and being mailed out!  It was scheduled to be done on the 14th of July, but due to a mistake I made (and I am super thankful that they caught it for me!) my list was messed up.  It took me a while to fix it, balancing between job, home, and two kids.  But now with that behind me, I CAN FINALLY BEGIN!

So now, I am looking for you all to keep me at task.  I sent to 369 addresses.  I received about half of those leads from the county as out of state absentee owners and the other half I searched myself street by street.  My plan is to get something under contract and then decide if I can flip it myself or wholesale it out to a flipper.

I have a 40 hr a week job that I have begun to dread.  I am tired of busting my rear for a company that pays me $12 and watch as fellow co-workers stand around, or disappear for 20-30 minutes at a time.  I want a job that rewards me for how hard I work and I believe that this is where it is at!

So I will keep this thread open and update it every time something new happens. Hoping to be able to report a deal to everyone!

Thank you!

Joshua

[Erik Hitzelberger]

Congrats on getting started and good luck!!

Pay attention to the time you are spending and whether you are missing any opportunities.  This will help you gauge how many letters you can realistically send out at once.  My first mailing was 1000 and it was a nightmare.  Besides the fact, I wasn't very good at screening for motivated sellers, I simply wasn't prepared for that many calls over 3-4 days.  After that I did 250 / week.  Still got to the 1000 / month number I was targeting, but a more manageable pace.