Direct Mail: What are you doing with your Vacant mail backs?

[Nicholas Armstrong]

Hey Guys!

I have recently ramped up my Direct mail campaign and I have been getting numerous mail backs due to vacancies.

I have tried using "that's them" and other free resources to track down these home owners, but I have had no luck. Either the phone number is disconnected or the email address is bogus and I have yet to find any of the owners.

I applied for TLO with no luck and now I am looking for another website or service that offers skip tracing at a competitive rate. Should I reach out to someone local for assistance or keep scraping the internet for a reliable company?

Any pointers would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

[Ray Lai]

@Nicholas Armstrong

Here's all the ways you can try to locate owners

1) Ask neighbors - why? Cheapest and easy to do while you are D4D

2) Anywho or any free online service but these often have outdated info and low probability of success but still free

3) County tax assessor's office to see if they have the owner's address - takes time and not very accurate

4) Putting "Address Service Requested" and mailing to that address if they have a mailbox - cost of a letter and first class stamp

5) Skiptracing (costs money though) - $5-10 (findtheseller, privateeye, TLO, etc.)

6) Full stalker mode - "Drew out his entire family tree from Intelius" lol @ Lloyd Stanton, it worked for him but I've never done it

7) Stick a sign on their property saying you want to buy the home