All Forum Posts by: Josh Milewski

I'm working a lead and the seller gives me permission to visit the property after confirming a time with the tenant. The seller told the tenant I'm an insurance agent so not to reveal the potential sale. I wasn't pleased but still went to see the property. I did not further the misinformation and when I was asked for a business card I informed the tenant I don't have one. Had he asked me to leave I would have but instead he just told me it wasn't cool, and next time he expects visitors to have a business card. Honestly I don't blame him. Is this a typical scenario? My gut feeling is next time this happens I tell the seller that I won't go along with such a situation. This was my first tenant occupied visit and my second ever property visit. 

Thanks for the reply! A lot of what you're saying makes sense to me. When I first joined the team I started posting immediately. The idea was to just to be consistent and present. We already have dedicated websites too. So that's taken care of. 

Reflecting on my first few posts I think they weren't all that personable. I think they have their place but I'm trying to mix it up going forward. For example one of our posts this weekend was a story about how we helped someone through the purchase of their property. I hope the was received as genuine but I suppose time will tell. 

I've experienced both an agent that tried to push me into a sale before i was ready and an agent willing to wait until I was ready. I feel like a good agent will be willing to wait for you because who'd turn down a potential sale in the future? That said I'd be upfront with them and be aware that you may be lower on the priority list because you're not actively looking to buy. 

Since this thread started I've been experimenting. I wrote a post about a deal we did in the past, and today I'm just asking a question about viewer preference for the area. The jury is still out on if either of those will be effective long term but I thought I'd share/update. 

 I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.

Those points make sense to me. Question on bullet two though. This may show my ignorance but the audience I'm targeting with my posts right now is the distressed seller. Would the fact that the Facebook page is more of a general company overview and not specific to the targeted audience be causing issues? For example, the page reads and looks more like a business profile than a "we buy houses" website. 

In addition to several other types of marketing and campaigns I've been trying out Facebook marketing on our business page.

https://www.facebook.com/neama.. 

I'm wondering what cadence/content schedule you've found success with? As you can see in the link I tried a daily post with diminishing returns each day. I assume daily ad-like posts aren't going to be effective. A bit of googling suggested doing more non-ad based posts. Does that work for you? 

I'm open to any feedback on the Facebook page. Obviously we're just starting out and likely doing a lot wrong. Lol

I should note that since I've started experimenting with this none of the posts have been boosted or paid ads. 

Thanks for your time. 

I know of several software options but I think they will all fall short. Along with BP, there's also Rentometer, Rentcast, Trulia, Zillow, Redfin (I think), and others I'm sure. 

I think your best bet is to get a local property manager to help you. They will have the same level of market understanding that you have for your market. That said, in practice, I've had a hard time getting Property Managers to work with me if I didn't already have a property for them to manage. 

Good luck! 

I've been working my way through the older podcasts first. So this recommendations might be a bit dated. But the one I heard them mention more than once is https://www.listsource.com. 

I should note that I'm pretty sure there is dedicated software now that can build your lists. I think the BP backed Invelo is one. 

One of the more involved processes I heard of was actually calling and asking for a list from the title company in the market you're wanting to buy from. 

In a recent post I follow I saw someone calculate the leverage percentage of a the deal being discussed which got me thinking. I know of the 1%,2%,3% and 50% rules but I don't think I've seen a general guideline on protecting yourself from over leveraging. Do you have a specific percentage you try to stay under? 

Also it's certainly possible one of the rules I already mentioned is the same thing as leverage percentage and I simply didn't recognize it.