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All Forum Posts by: Benjamin Blackburn

Benjamin Blackburn has started 72 posts and replied 484 times.

Post: Looking to flip in Texas

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Hey @Chris Reed

This might be a weird question but, When you say "hold strategies with a 3-5 year window" what does that mean? 

Post: Do I need a certain stamp for my mailing campaign?

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

@Kris Haskins sorry for such a late response.  I am mailing postcards for now.  I'm printing them out and putting them in envelopes.

Post: Do I need a certain stamp for my mailing campaign?

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Thank you very much @Jerry Dengmanivanh I ended up getting a seasonal stamp

Post: Duplicate names but different Mailing address...

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Thank you both @Russell Brazil& @Leland Titus I will continue to mail to all of the addresses. 

Post: Houston TX Real Estate Newbie

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Welcome to BP @Kori Dalcour

You are right about BP being an educational GEM.  You can find everything here that you would learn after paying who knows what to the gurus out there. 

I'm in Houston and focusing on Wholesaling as well.  Done a few marketing campaigns so far but no deals yet.  I'm just going to stay consistent and keep on pushin!

There are a few good meet ups here in Houston as well.  The one I go to is at Pub Fiction downtown one Thursday out of every month.  It's awesome being around like minded people in your city.

Welp, I have to get back to the job unfortunately... Have a great day! & feel free to reach out if you have questions about anything.

Post: Duplicate names but different Mailing address...

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Hello BP,

I have a quick question regarding duplicates on a listsource list.

So I purchased an Absentee list a month ago and when I purchased it I made sure to click the duplicate button before the purchase.  Now looking at the list harder I see that I have a few of the same names on there but different mailing addresses.  Should I just go ahead and send my marketing piece to both addresses even though they are the exact same name?  They are very unique names too, not like a John Smith or anything so I know it's the same person.

Thank you very much...

Post: Direct Mail List Criteria

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

@Corey Petersen Sorry for such a late response man.  But that definitely sounds like a great plan.  Hopefully things are going well in your business.  Happy holidays!

Post: Investor in Houston, Texas

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Welcome to BP @Colin Williams

@Jonathan Bonck is right about the meet ups at Pub Fiction Thursday each month.  I'm new to investing outside of owning 3 vacant lots and just started focusing on wholesaling about 2 months ago here in the Houston area.  If you ever need assistance with anything, a helping hand or wouldn't mind someone tagging along anything Real Estate related I'm your guy!  I'm trying to learn as much as possible while searching for my first deal on a fairly small budget.  Have a great day man!

Post: At what point should I use a call screening service?

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

@James Hollandand @Dev Horn

Thank you both for that great info.  I think I will hold off on outsourcing for right now and just take them myself.  Thank you for the VM tip also @Dev Horn

Have a great day!

Post: At what point should I use a call screening service?

Benjamin BlackburnPosted
  • Wholesaler/ Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 491
  • Votes 113

Thank you very much @Antonio Coleman

I will definitely incorporate my website in the Google Voice VM for now on.  that makes a lot of sense. 

BTW, I'm catching up on your Real Estate Marketing Newsletter... Thank you so much for that info