What do you do when you're having trouble contacting homeowner?

[Stefan Stankovic]

Hey everyone, 

I'm currently working in land acquisition for a few companies in the Houston area and am running into some hiccups when trying to get homeowners on the phone/in person. 

My current strategy is to send letters first and then cold call a week later. I call until I get an answer or until they tell me they aren't interested at any price. When they tell me they aren't interested, I then ask if I can submit an offer and they always say yes. Then I call them back the next day with my offer or send another letter with the offer. 

My problem is that when I cold call some people simply never answer the phone because they don't know my number (can't say I blame them as I do the same). I tried sending a text today and the guy read my message as indicated by read receipts but again didn't answer. I also tried LinkedIn messages where I promise not to lowball and that has worked once.

Anyone have a suggestion for what to do after that? Do you send another, different letter? Another text? I plan to continue calling people until they tell me to go away and that they don't even want an offer. Normally I would give up, but I need a bunch of these properties in a row to build on them. I am able to offer market or above-market as well, so I rarely have to lowball thankfully. 

Looking forward to your responses!

[Cody L.]

Lol. I’m dealing with this now. Have enough land in 3rd ward to build a good size project but I could do some really interesting things if I had some of the other land around my project. 

I send brokers after them to do similar efforts to you. When I was chasing deals myself locally, and exhausted everything else, I’d go to their house

Bought an 8 unit in 3rd ward that way. Was dumb looking back but I went to his house with a bag of cash.