All Forum Posts by: Kenneth Lee

Those are both really good tools/ideas................i like the dancing dollar sign. how about a run down house costume,(yellow house, red roof) say " I buy houses. " Whoever is holding the signs has LARGE fake money in both hands. Its important the person has on white gloves and shoes.......yellow sleeves and pant legs. :idea:

Worth a try.

Great Advice!!! Bandit signs in the right spots can last for MONTHS at a time. Its like Chris said, direct mail is expensive, and for $1.50 you only get ONE SHOT!! So they better be some good leads. Where as with bandit signs,((which are around the same price $1.50)) if its in the right spot, it will stay up AT LEAST over the weekend.....i'll take my chances with 500 drivers per day seeing my sign, for 4 days= 2000 views per week= 8,000 views per month........eventually with consistency, you'll get a deal. I'm soo green/newbie.......but I have an eye for good advice, Thanks Chris :cool:

I put them up about 8 or 9 feet high. Low enough to be read, but high enough were lazy code enforcement workers can't take them down or razor blade them easily. I use yellow, corrugated plastic 18''x24'' signs with horizontal flutes (so they stand up to wind without bending). I always hand-write them, not because it works better in my area, but because I'm too cheap to have them pre-made :) What I write on them is this:
I BUY UGLY HOUSES
CASH OR TERMS
OFFER IN 2 DAYS!
708-XXX-XXXX
Very simple and to the point.

thats awesome!!!

Champak, I see an ebook in your very near future....lol, thanks. Edward, no my phone hasnt started ringing YET. I'm still in my research phase, I'm trying to get all the sound advice i can (from guys like yourself) before I dive in head, unaware of how deep it is. You are soo right, once I do get all my ducks in a row, I assume there WONT BE ENOUGH time in the day to do all my task. NIcE!! Thanks Edward, Thanks Champak.

Sound advice guys.......i really appreciate it!!!
Thanks again

(back to topic)
I'm a newb wholesaler, i'm currently laided off and got a pretty good severance check. I've decided to use $2000.oo of that settlement money to start my wholesale business. I plan on acquiring properties from motivated sellers by direct mail marketing and bandit signs.

My question is, out of my 8hrs in the day to build my business, how should I allocate my time? Any strategies suggestions?

(f.y.i ......I've already started a thread on what to do with the 2k...just wondering on using time wisely and correctly, so im not wasting time on pointless things as a newb)

Thanks
Kenneth Lee

Thanks a lot Will. I actually do that for fun(drive around different areas of houston, checking home prices, going into open houses, stand at an open auction etc. etc)

I have a really good idea of ARV, and cost of repairs (father is a contractor).

I even have somewhat of an idea of what i should be doing with my day......its just not 8hrs of work. I would like to be as productive as possible, so i dont want to waste time in my day being NONPRODUCTIVE.

Again, thanks Will.

Thanks Will,
I plan on acquiring properties from motivated sellers, through direct mail marketing and bandit signs.

Good morning BP
I'm a newb wholesaler, i'm currently laided off and got a pretty good severance check. I've decided to use $2000.oo of that settlement money to start my wholesale business.

My question is, out of my 8hrs in the day to build my business, how should I allocate my time? Any strategies suggestions?

(f.y.i ......I've already started a thread on what to do with the 2k...just wondering on using time wisely and correctly, so im not wasting time on pointless things as a newb)

Thanks
Kenneth Lee

Thats some sound advice Kevin, for any market, not just Detroit.