Motivated Sellers List

[Mike Hatter]

Good afternoon B.P. Forum, i was sending out this comment/question, it's so hard to find honest companies that provides you with a real motivated sellers list, they tell you that motivated sellers list you pay for will be strictly for you  an you wont have any competition on those leads, and at the of the day it's just the opposite of what you were told.

Any thought. advise ??

Thanks

[Miles Stanley]

@Mike Hatter

In my opinion (and based on my research so far), there is no such thing.  The best you can get is a list of potential leads that may or may not be motivated depending on the criteria you use to generate the list.  You might get an 'absentee owner with equity' list for example, but that doesn't mean everyone on the list is motivated to sell.  Your hoping that a percentage are.  

You want to select criteria that will give the highest probability of generating motivated sellers for properties that you wish to buy...think about what would motivate you to offload your property at a deep discount. 

Also wise to be sure your list is tailored to a specific group of people, no 'spray and pray' of huge geographical areas, unless your marketing budget allows for this.  Your marketing strategies/techniques will also affect your response rates, etc.  

Arguably, marketing is the most critical aspect of this business...why?  Because if no leads are coming in, no deals are getting done.

i find it hard to believe that someone would have access to an exclusive list with zero competition for you...how can they guarantee that?

*steps off soap box*