Wholesaling with a FT job

[Riley F.]

I have thought about kicking off a small mailing campaign of about 1000 absentees, and am curious to hear how folks on BP manage the initial call volume with full time employment.

Is anyone using a VA to take the initial calls and walk through a script?

[Dave Savage]

I spread the mailings out to no more than 100 every two days. Then I let every call go to voicemail where I ask them to leave a name and address. What I have found is that if a caller doesn't leave a Voicemail and I call back on the missed call they aren't that motivated so I don't think I am losing that many "deals" by not picking up the phone when they call.

The side benefit of the voicemail is that you can research the property before calling back and have an initial offer to make on the phone to gauge motivation. With a FT job you don't want to be running out to every house to find out they aren't motivated or owe too much on a mortgage (in good standing) that won't allow them to sell low enough to make it a deal.

I haven't gone to a VA yet, as the call volume isn't that large for me, and plus you need to have some good experience answering the calls yourself to train the VA on what to say/do with each call that comes in. The VA is nice, but you need to have good training to make them effective and not lose leads.

It is very possible to do direct mail with a FT job, get those mailers going out and you'll find a deal.