All Forum Posts by: Craig Moore

BP,

Quick question - is having a voicemail necessary? I've read a few posts about people having the calls sent to their voicemail. What are the pros of this? I assume most people say this because they may be at work and cannot answer immediately, but what other benefits come from this? I'm planning on answering as they call, if possible.

 I used ListSource. I currently live in Mattapan, so I'm not far from Randolph and have some familiarity with it. I went to school in Newton, so I also have some familiarity with Waltham. Everett and Revere have always interested me. All 4 of them seem to offer reasonable rents and/or opportunity. What has your experience been investing in Everett? If you'd like to converse more privately I'll send you a colleague request.

Thanks,

 Steve,

Thanks for your feedback. 

I included both absentee and owner occupied. 

I'm looking in Randolph, Revere, Waltham and Everett currently.

I did not find an ownership option. Is it under a different name?

Did you base your assessment on how much you're pre-approved for?

@Steve Bracero expanding on our call last night. Please let me know your thoughts.

Hi BP,

I was hoping you all would be able to help me refine my criteria on Listsource. I'm just about ready to buy the list, but I would like to hear what you all think I could change (if needed) with my criteria. 

I'm looking to buy a 2 or 3 family in the MA area (FHA). Here is what I set my criteria at:

Mortgage: All mortgages

Absentee and Owner Occupied.

Property: Equity anywhere from 31% to 90%.

Property Type: Duplex/Triplex

Demographics: N/A.

Foreclosure: N/A.

Address Completeness: Mailing and Property Address complete.

Corporate owned: Exclude.

I am planning on sending out 600 letters to 3 towns for a total on 200 letters per town. Can you all please let me know what you think of this critera or if I should be more specific, etc.? I've got about 4,152 leads with this set-up.

Thanks,

 So let's say you've only been qualified for a 500k mortgage, how do you prevent having owners who are selling for let's say... 650k calling your VM?

Hi BP,

I'm getting ready to send out my first direct mailing (about 400 typed letters). I have a question though, do you include a professional picture of yourself in the direct mail? I saw this before but didn't know if this was frequented.

Also, how do you know who to call back? If someone is way out of your price range is it even worth it? How do you disqualify callers?

Thanks,

BP,

As I'm putting together my direct mail letter, I figured I would ask you all which group of direct mail did you:

1) See the most response with

2) Do the most deals in?

For example: Absentee? Foreclosure? Tax Delinquent? Is there a certain amount of equity you look for as well?

*P.S.*, if anyone is open to viewing my rough draft for my absentee mailing let me know. I'd love to have it critiqued.

Thanks,

 1. I'm looking for areas anywhere from 30 mins outside of Boston. The rents just need to be adequate enough for me to househack. 

2. My max right now for a 203k loan is 300k with repairs. So, anything under that. It may be hard to find that close to Boston.

3. I'm in no rush, but hopefully by Fall.

Do any of you have examples of scripts you could share?