All Forum Posts by: Braden Souder

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Although I don't think hyphens are the greatest, most people recognize them much more than a .co. Most people don't even know that .co exists. Its only natural for us and almost all users on the web to type ".com". Thats just what we're used to and have been trained to do for the last 2 decades or so.

Maybe in another 10-20 years and after tons of marketing from many companies that switch to .co would it be a good idea to go with the .co. Otherwise I think you'll be giving away a lot of traffic.

But I think it would also depend on where your driving your traffic from. If its anywhere and everywhere I still vote for .com just for the sake of miss-typing. But if its mainly ppc and online and you get them on your mailing list I don't think it'll matter and the .co would be fine. If they found you on a search engine via SEO or PPC' or they're visiting your site from a link from your follow up email it really won't matter and the .co will work perfectly and you won't have the ugly hyphen.

Not to mention I'll sleep better knowing you don't have a hyphenated domain name... lol :-)

I've always used signwarehouse.com

The whole purpose of sending out the yellow letter is to get the phone to ring and getting sellers contacting you. Once they call you make sure you keep track of that contact. You can use a contact management system for this if need be. But No, Don't send them another letter if they've already called you. Call them back from time to time and keep checking on them and see if their circumstances have changed and if they are now ready to do business.

Also, make sure its a prospect, someone that NEEDS to sell. Too many new investors get discouraged and quit because they're going after dead end leads and trying to turn the suspects/ tire kickers/ time wasters into a prospect or lead when there wasn't and never will be a lead out of that person.

The only ones you want to send more direct mail to are the ones that are on your mailing that Didn't contact you. Don't waste the list its too valuable. Feel free to mail them up to 8 times. You will get most of your business from those you contact multiple times.

Two that I know of are freedomsoft and highrisehq. They both offer different packages depending on budget and what you want to do. I think the prices range from $24-$300. It sounds like you want to be very detailed and specific so I would recommend one of these.

Why spend all your time building it your self? Outsource it! I like wordpress because you can learn how to use it pretty easy. For $50-$100 you can hire someone on odesk and they will make it look however you want. I know how to use wordpress a little bit but its so much easier to pay someone else to do it and make it look professional. I use hostgator for unlimited hosting. I don't care for godaddy.

Just wanted to say I really like this forum! Everyone is so helpful and replies quickly and knows what theyre talking about. Most everyone... Ron Legrand is an excellent teacher. I agree that as long as someone is making payments the bank doesn't care who is making them. As long as you don't assume the note your not legally responsible to pay it. Along with the landtrusts, I believe the bank can not call the loan due if the seller put it in a trust for "estate planning purposes". That why its suggested to call it the "sellers last name" family trust.