All Forum Posts by: Dante Nava

@Michaela G. There's nothing wrong with making a profit so long as it's done with integrity. I found some stuff on YouTube but didn't have time to sith through the fluff in the presentation. I realize again someone needs to make money off of their knowledge and don't blame them for that either. Would you mind explaining (to whatever level you feel comfortable) how that works? In my original post I saw something and it piqued my interest, following the rabbit hole I find out there may be something there. Thanks in advance!

-Dante

Thanks everyone. I took your advice and placed an order for 2500 business cards with my name, number address and they say: "I want to buy your house". There's an offer on the back for referrals, and some extra space to write additional comments. Once they come in, we're grabbing the kids and going for some loooong walks down some streets I've been eyeballing and wanting to farm. They also have my web address on there, so we'll see if that gets any hits.

I don't plan on depending on the website to generate all of my leads, and I know the SEO takes time, for me though working on a website is just a matter of time and about $20. I just spent about $60 (with shipping and everything) for the business cards, which next paycheck (maybe as late as next month) I'll be able to do something else to add to my marketing, unless I'm able to bring in a deal with canvasing.

The "easy" and "cheap" marketing seems to run anywhere from what I spent above to a few hundred bucks. Either you're paying for signs and stakes, or you're paying for lists, postcards, postage and ink. What would you guys do for the most "bang for my buck"? Thanks!

-Dante

P.S. I'll be going to a TREIA (triangle real estate investors association) meeting this week too.

@Lisa Miller So you're talking about when squares or rectangles that designate a plot, don't match up against each other on a plat map. I'd seen those before too and wondered what how that worked, I just assumed those were owned by the city or county. I figured they were different from easements though. Thanks!

This has become a pretty interesting post! Those strips you guys are talking about are different from easements right?

:-). Np

Ok. Cool. Thanks Ned. Then are the 2 addresses you see for the property and the previous owner (or something to that effect)?

While doing some research and following links to things that sounded interesting, I found a link called Unclaimed Property. If it is what I think it is and based off of what it looks like (orphaned property waiting for a new owner, now owned by the state), it could be very lucrative (VERY good deals to be found), however... it looks too good to be true.

What is it, and is there anything to my assumptions above? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm trying to help someone out, sort of paying it forward. Does anyone have a suggestion for a Real Estate Agent in Middleburg, Florida for a Mobile Home sitting on an acre of land or can someone help me to determine comps for said double wide. They may sell it or rent it depending on how their numbers work out (so they're not a motivated seller [yet?]). They're planning on buying another house (also in Florida) if that helps. I'm not expecting a big response here because there's not much in it for you, unless you're interested in buying it or renting it out.

This is the closest thing I've got right now to a "real lead" though it's not a lead, you can't always help everyone, but I'm still new enough to be willing to chase stuff down. Thanks in advance.

@Dev Horn and @Aaron Montague

Moving forward that is the plan. We just moved into our new place last month and am now moving stuff around with my 401k and ESPP at work so that I can put more money towards canvassing and direct mail marketing starting next month (including pay-per-click). Your recommendations are all easily actionable items they just do require, though small, some kind of money at least more so for Dev's ideas. Any recommendations on what to put on door hangers, post cards and business cards? Does each one have a more specific purpose, in so much as what you put on them (pictures, copy, colors)? Thanks again guys!

In my world, making and working on websites is easy. I'm learning about SEO and applying it to my site, and (as far as I can tell) am doing so in leaps and bounds. I'm also doing my own social media, and generating most of my own content using help and examples (not plagiarizing) from other sites. I've heard from several people now that they are getting most of their best deals from their websites. I do plan on doing direct mail as well, but the cheapest easiest thing for me to do as a "broke wholesaler" this makes sense for me while I get everything else going. I decided to jump into real estate investing 2 months ago.

Here are my questions:

1. Would you guys still consider working on a website to generate leads as being productive (one of my friends at work seems to think so).

2. Do you personally consider what I'm working on difficult?

3. What else should I be working on?

4. How can I be more productive (I have been using lists with action items)

I've been working on this during nights and weekends, and have yet to get a real lead. Any suggestions? My site address shows up in my signature below if you'd like to check it out. I'm going for functionality before aesthetics, those will come later. Thanks in advance!