All Forum Posts by: Derek Gutekunst

Lol, yeah Derek that's why fortune builders doesn't involve them in their marketing techniques, and we buy house's website gets zero hits😒. Hopefully can understand sarcasm. 

Thats a great question and even though I am ,newish, to the wholesaling end I hope this advice might help. I once read it's like the chicken and the egg senciaro. If you have a great deal and market it the buyers will come. If you have a great buyers list then eventually the sellers will come. 

One tip I read and tried was a ghost ad. The REI mentor said post a ghost ad on craiglsit saying 3/1.5 in a great area minimal work great arv. Well I decided to do that once just to see what the outcome was....within an hour I had three different emails asking for more details on the property and if it still was available. Granted I did it once just to add onto my list, don't want to do it alot and get people thinking I'm making things up and not want to work with me. So where I am going with this is, if you have a deal and market it people will be interested.

I've built a list of ten great end buyers by basically reaching out to people and letting them know exactly who I am and what I do,no frills no b.s. I've also followed some great advice that I've read on here about a great way of building a buyers list. 

I haven't had a deal yet, it's been about four months since I started seriously focusing on wholesaling. But that doesn't piss end buyers off. Because they know when I finally reach out to them with a deal it's going to be worth their time and a great deal. Hope this helps a little and I have the link for building and end buyers list below. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/40258-how-to-build-a-buyers-list-fast-28-ways

This was a post I found and followed to a tee, minus the courthouse approach...yet. Either way it's got loads of great ways of finding end buyers and will give you some insight on the subject. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/40258-how-to-build-a-buyers-list-fast-28-ways

A little late to post but am curious. How did you make out doing it yourself Bryan? Was it a pain to fold and stamp everything yourself at how many a month? I've been going back and forth for over a month on what I wanted to do...do it myself, go with outside source, if so what source. Did you chose a printer? And Eddie I've finally decided tonight to go in-house, atleast for now, because at 500 a month factoring in all cost is half of yellow letters. I will say though Michael Quarles has answered a few my questions, and after reading alot of answers he's posted its been a huge help. Obviously one day after a few deals, I will outsource to yellow letters and take that load off of the monthly work to be done but for now I'll go in-house. 

Hey guys,

Thanks for the advice. Yeah Andy I like both options it comes down to me not going back and forth anymore, giving my self a kick in the you know what, and just picking one and doing it. And Tom I completely agree. Alot of mixed opinions on p.c vs this or that, but coming from a small budget p.c are definitely appealing more and more. Cheers guys hope all is well. 

Hey Marvin,

Rainbow color huh? That's a sure way to stick out and be noticed ha I like it and appreciate the input!

Thankyou Michael, I was just on site and put my email in for the sign up section on free motivated sellers. Will wait to talk to Tom about that and ask a few other questions I have. The process is easy but figuring out the best option with all the choices is driving me up a wall. I appreciate the direction though and you're time!

Hey Everyone!

So I searched before I decided to post to make sure not wasting anyone's time. About to kick off my DM campaign this week and have one question I can't figure out. For this first campaign I am ordering the postcards and mailing them out myself. Whether it be mailing to houses we find DfD or the list I am going to obatain, I'd rather send them myself to get a feel for it all. My question is this, I am ordering from Vista print and they have the option to also get exact amount of envelopes and also print return address for a fee. The price all looks good, have to factor in stamps, but wouldn't they defeat the purpose of a postcard? I am just not sure what response rate would be better. Just a flat out postcard or one in an envelope with a hand written address on front? Any advise would be great!

Derek Gutekunst

I know this post is old, but did anything ever come out of this discussion Michael Quarles?

Thanks for the replies guys very much appreciated! I'll make sure to check out those podcasts tonight and continue to gain ideas before putting money into any DM regiment. 

Derek G.