All Forum Posts by: Chrissy Parsons

You can also have individual pages on your website that target the individual cities. 

www.Iwanttobuyyourhouse.com/chicago (bad example)

Your page title can be "I want to buy your Chicago house" and have some discussions about the Chicago market and links to your home and other pages. Just be sure that you have a list of your market pages on every page to make it easy for people to get back to the page they are interested in.

That way, your SEO will support all your pages.

@Zach Kramer  I

You can use do-it-yourself sites like ListSource or ListAbilty, but you do need to know what you want. If you want more help, you can get in touch with a list broker who can make suggestions based on your market. The good news is that it shouldn't cost more than doing it yourself on ListSource or ListAbility.

Some suggestions might be:

Absentee Owners with Equity (but be aware that if you are in a crowded market, these people might already be getting bombarded with offers)

Seniors with Long Time Ownership (ready to downsize or transition to assistance)

Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (struggling financially, have likely deferred maintenance and updates)

@Andrew Flower There is direct marketing to Absentee Owners - where everyone is mailing to the same people.

Then there is direct marketing to alternative audiences. You can work with a list broker who can suggest targets like Seniors with Long-Time Ownership and Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores.

As example take a look at this Blog that discusses why Seniors make such good potential. 

@Rebecca Cramer. You can put in some value-add. 

Moving is stressful - let people know you will make it easier for them.

You don't need to:

• spend time and money to fix up your house.
• have people traipsing through looking and commenting on everything
• pay commission to a realtor

We can help:

• recommend estate item buyers and yard sale specialists
• recommend packers and movers
• do the final clean-up of everything you don't want

This is an article that talks about this more - it's geared toward seniors, but should help.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10944/74462-you-want-to-buy-their-home-but-how-do-you-get-the-attention-of-senio

@Talha Makki There are a number of different lists you can get for your mail campaigns. I have found most of the "free and clear" lists getting promoted are either free&clear AND high equity. 

If you work with a list broker, they can help you sort some of that out. 

Some target lists to consider:

• Absentee Owners with Equity (be aware that in some areas this is getting over-mailed so you might want to mail exclusively to this group)
• Seniors with Long-Time Ownership (often ready to downsize or transition to assistance)
• Owners with Low Financial Stability Scores (combine with age, high equity and length of ownership to get extra layer of motivation)

@Account Closed How are you planning to find the sellers? Have you thought about direct mail? There are several types of lists that you can try for motivated sellers.

A list broker can run reports to see where the majority of homes sit. For instance, in Jefferson County, KY, most Absentee owners have homes valued between $50 and 200,000.  Unfortunately, Jefferson county doesn't report beds/baths/sqFT so you can't use that to narrow down.

In addition to the Absentee, good deals can also be found by contacting Seniors with Long Time Ownership.

@Brian Dinkel 

Absentee Owner success can vary depending on the market you are in. If it is crowded with investors, it's likely that they are getting multiple offers to buy their property, so it might not be as good. 

Unfortunately, in KS you are out of luck as it is a "non-disclosure" state, where real property information isn't provided as part of the public record. As a result, you can't get a list of Absentee Owners.

You can get other lists that have been effective in areas where the Absentees are available or they are simply getting over-mailed.

This can include Seniors with Long-Time Ownership and Owners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS). 

Here's an article discussing some options. Finding Motivated Sellers When you Can't Get an Absentee Owner LIst

@Maria Villamar If you can't get the "Official" notice data, there are other ways to find homeowners who are struggling financially.

If you work with a list broker, they can pull owners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS). One advantage (other than saving multiple trips talking to poorly trained bureaucrats) is that you can also filter the list so you only contact people with homes that you want to buy. For instance, within the home value you want.

@Evan Parker- you can click on someone's name to get to their profile. Then in the upper right, click "Message" to send a private message.

@Alex Lambert based on the number of phone calls we all get, it is obvious that the FCC isn't enforcing the Federal Do-Not-Call regulations. You should however be aware.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/gu...

Michael has a good tactic - very general. Whatever you do, NEVER mention that you have any personal knowledge about them. If they are on the tax lien list, do NOT say anything about helping them with their financial situation. That's the easiest way to get someone screaming mad.