All Forum Posts by: Jose Guevarra

Hey Guys,

Hoping to jump in here:

I have a list of absentee owners and properties that owe back taxes for a particular county.  I'd like to create a direct mail campaign that really homes in on the most motivated sellers.  

I think I should go after absentee owners with back taxes of around $2000 or more.  Or do you think I should mail to any property with over $2000 in owed taxes?

What do you guys think?

Thanks!

Hi,

I went driving for dollars this weekend in the town I grew up in(Guadalupe, CA)and found some vacant properties that I'm going to try and wholesale.  I'm sure I can get at least a few under contract  however, I'm concerned about buyers.  The city's economy isn't that great and the population is relatively old since generally not many young people want to live there. They would rather move to other cities around 15 miles away. The population is only around 7000 and mostly work in the farm industry.  Also, they are scheduled to build 800 new homes in the next 5-10 years. That should bump the value of existing homes right?  

What type of investor strategies do you think would work here?

@Adam HershmanSorry for the late reply.  If you wanted to do virtual meetings with Dan Ringwald just contact him through the website. http://santabarbarareia.com/

Hey Ken,

Welcome to BP! I'm here in Santa Barbara. If you are moving near SB, I would come checkout one of our SB REIA meetups. We post videos of previous meetups here.

https://www.youtube.com/user/DanRingwald

Hey @Will Stanton

I'm just starting out here in SB as well. I would try to make it to the SBREI meetings. As others have mentioned, the BP podcasts are a must as well.

Good Luck.

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Hey @John R.

I've just started REI in Santa Barbara. Our meetup group is fairly active and we have frequent virtual meetings. Let me know if you want more info.

@Account Closed @Dick Rosen

Thanks for your input. I believe another way of getting around those laws is having the bird dog become an independent contractor under a REI/Realtor firm.

@Brandon Turner ,

Thanks for the links. I've already listened to the first 4 podcasts! Quality info on each one!