You know why I like doorknocking on holiday weekends?

[Chris L.]

The neighbors are outside! 

Most weekends, more often than not, if I'm knocking on a door of a specific house I'm interested in there's no answer. Then I have to knock on the neighbor's door, and they see me move through the neighborhood and think I'm selling something. 

Holiday weekends are great, because it's likely that at least one house in the neighborhood is having a BBQ. I walk right up (you'd be surprised how receptive people are, often they've had a couple beers) and start chatting. You can learn a lot about the house next door.

Just throwing that out there for my fellow wholesalers/bird dogs!