Absentee Owners Letter

[Ayana Sabree]

I found a home in my neighborhood that has an absentee owner. I have their address, it looks like they're a contractor in Afghanistan, but I don't know how best to write an absentee letter. I want to make a good first impression. Does anyone have a reputable template or company that they use for their different letters? Thank you in advance!

[Mateusz Prawdzik]

@Ayana Sabree I have letters of mine that I write and just use those, you just have to think of something and see if it works. I went thru many many letter samples and had people review them and check them and I sent them out. From there, I was able to check which ones worked and which ones didn't. I won't send you what I use because then you don't learn anything,if you are not sure about something, write something up and send it over. I will take a look at it and give you my opinion.

Once you have the letters, do what @Jerel Lyons does and drive around and collect some addresses of houses that look distressed and from there find out the owners and send out letters to their mailing addresses. Usually it takes like 4-5 mailers in order to get a call back on average, so don't get discouraged if they don't call after the first run. 

@Jerel Lyons You have to go to the city and the tax records and find out the owners name and mailing address. Typically, it is the property address that is the mailing address.