Creating Door Knocking List Need Help. Other Tips?

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I'm using list source to create a door knocking list instead of a mailing list. I need money now not 8 months from now. Don't get me wrong I'll be adding direct mail to my marketing budget after I get my first deal for future leads but I want to stop working harder and just get something. Why go door to door every day when I can focus on the doors that have equity. I "narrowed" my list to 43,000 lets say that's not what I was thinking. I want closer to 1000. What should I narrow down? and why?

When you are wholesaling what types of people/homes are the majority of your clients. I'm not going after rentals at this time although there are a lot of in-state landlords. I've seen lots that are local but they probably aren't going to be as motivated correct?

Please help with my flyer as well:) Thank so much!

Need To Sell Your House Fast? I Can Close In As Little As 3 Days!

I will buy your unwanted house AS-IS and on your timeline giving you time to move whether you need 3 days or 3 weeks+.
I PAY Cash, NO waiting for a buyers Loan to be Approved.  No CONTINGENCIES, Commissions or Strangers in your home for Weeks on end.
I will buy ANY House in Any Condition.  If you can’t sell it I still want it. 
I can STOP an empty house’s problems from becoming unmanageable.
I can HELP you find a Larger Home for your growing family OR a Smaller more manageable Home with less Maintenance. 
I will put an END to Expensive Code Violations Or a Deadbeat Tenant. 
I will PAY for ALL Repairs. I will PAY for ALL Appraisals and Inspections.
I can buy your house QUICKLY and on your TIME Schedule.
I will PAY OFF the judgment or an IRS / State tax lien against the property. 
I can STOP impending foreclosure or bring the Payments Current.
I can HELP your family through the Probate Process, Faster more Simple.
I can ALLEVIATE the Stress of a divorce or difficult family situation.
I WILL BUY Your House FAST for CASH!

Everyone has difficult situations. I can make it easier, faster and with little or NO cost to you.  I buy houses from people in situations just like yours in almost any area or price range. I am not a realtor.  I am a real estate investor.  Call now to find out how I can help solve your problem! I can offer a FREE NO OBLIGATION cash offer within 24-48 hours after meeting with you. 
Contact: Mary Sue 
Call For my no obligation FREE Report:

Also I made a rookie mistake and put my email address on my previous round of flyers. I got a request for my report but how do I turn them into a lead since I don't have a squeeze page yet. I'm thinking of just using spokeo and paying the $2 for their info. Does that work? I know my email doesn't have any personal info since when I signed up I put fake stuff in for privacy. Is that normal? Or do most people put their real info?

Thanks!

Account Closed · Answer

When I look at your copy, all I see is "I".  "I can", "I will".  What's in it for the seller?

Try thinking and writing in 2nd person:  You can sell your house, you won't have to pay for any repairs, you can move when you want.....

Sharon Vornholt · Answer

Mary Sue -

I also know a gal that had great luck cold calling. The whole point of this business is getting known as the go to person. I wouldn't ever recommend using "fake" information anywhere.

You really do need a way to capture and store leads.

Sharon

Mark Pedroza · Answer

Mary Sue,

Try this;

Name 
Address 
Date

Dear Mr./Mrs. Smith ,

I would like to buy your house at (123 Main St. Any City, CA)

I can give you cash now for your house in "as-is" condition, so you don’t need to worry about repairs. 
We can close immediately or on a date of your choice.

You won’t pay a single cent of closing costs so you will get every dollar I promise you, nothing taken away from you.
Please call if you would consider selling this house or any others  you may wish/desire to sell.

Sincerely,

Mary Sue Glaspie
(phone #)

P.S. If you are not ready to sell today, keep this letter with your important house documents and call me when you are ready.
P.P.S. If you are currently in escrow and if everything goes wrong, I’m here to give you a back-up offer.

Mary Sue,

Underline "immediately" and bold type "any others" & "back-up offer"

Bill Gulley · Answer

I'd say Rick has enlisted help, LOL.

To those that think RE is all about systems, you're wrong, it's about people and solving problems on a one to one basis, no system is going to make that easy. RE is not an assembly line or a hot dog stand offering mustard.

RE in any area is so easy, it's understanding how to solve the problem and making the a deal work under the circumstanes that is the hard part. :)

Mark Pedroza · Answer

Mary Sue Glaspie,

Rick is no guru. He's I believe a master in his field of probate. If you do extend to probate and you may come upon a house (or parcel) while mailing out your letter's, you may be overwhelmed (maybe) at documents that may be required.....

Mark Pedroza · Answer

Mary Sue Glaspie,

In regards to probate, What holds up a close the most? Is it the family or the paperwork/rules/legal side? Well as Rick Harmon posted earlier on this site but on the probate topic,

I doesn't matter what the transaction is - purchase, buy out, work out, financing, pending mortgage foreclosure - each player in an estate or trust deal has their own agenda based on self interest.

Rick Harmon's words.

Depending on the topic yes I do attend local REIA club meetings..but sparingly....

Warm Regards................

Mary Sue Glaspie · Answer

Thanks Mark Pedroza I put you in my phone. I just read some of Rick's posts and I thought it was much more complicated. The gurus must be doing their job correctly. LOL I think I'll extend into probate faster than I thought since it's the same as any other deal just some extra paperwork that I don't have to do, they just have to have.

Sharon Vornholt have you posted an example of your "white letter" I haven't seen any examples of what to send. You said in the podcast that it was more professional. Did you mean "sorry for your loss" or "I'm looking to acquire a property in the X area" Doesn't have to be exact. I know you said typed instead of handwritten.

The things that work still blow my mind. Somebody sent a yellow letter when we stopped paying our mortgage to renegotiate our ARM. Too bad I don't remember anything about it except wow what a cool font that looks like it's handwritten but obviously isn't.
We get postcards from the local RE agent and I never understood why she mailed out postcards saying how much our neighbors house sold for till now. I get it but seems like a total waste of money even in a numbers game. It's like you said, that it shows what she did, not what she can do for me. It doesn't say why a house selling for X is important to me.

I see what you mean. When I made my personal email 12 years ago I wasn't sure how safe it was to put all that kind of info out there. So "fake" info seemed safer; redlady@hotmail meant- first name: red- last name: lady. Safer than mary sue glaspie, even now I have a professional persona. Email, Facebook etc are all different for business versus personal dealings. My current professional email is my married name so those feelings aren't the same any more but I thought maybe older people thought the same way.

Sharon Vornholt · Answer

Mary Sue Glaspie -  I was referring to this quote "I know my email doesn't have any personal info since when I signed up I put fake stuff in for privacy. Is that normal? Or do most people put their real info?".

Sharon

Mary Sue Glaspie · Answer

Thanks Mark Pedroza:) Do you go to any REIA meetings? Is Probate your niche and how many do you tend to close in a month? What holds up a close the most? Is it the family or the paperwork/rules/legal side?

Mary Sue Glaspie · Answer

One of the reasons I was trying to be more detailed other than cash for your house is I'm trying to stay away from sounding like a scam. Whenever I've seen bandit signs or cash for your house it always sounds like there's a scheme involved. No one I know buys houses like that and after the bubble burst there were so many con artists so I've always assumed thats what that kind of thing was. Now that I know it's not the case entirely I want to stand out to more than just "sell your house". I want to be a solution. I don't know if that makes sense.

When one of my friends went through a divorce last year they believed their only option was to sell the house the traditional way so she lost out on two short sale opportunities because it was taking so long to get her house sold. If I had known my investor at the time it could have been done in a week and they wouldn't have had to do any work to the house and the end result would have been the same.

One of the first things my husband said when I was talking to our CPA was "is that even legal". So I'm wanting to take away the stigma I guess.

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