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All Forum Posts by: Samantha M.

Samantha M. has started 128 posts and replied 498 times.

Post: Realtors, Any luck marketing online?

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

My daughter is an agent and right now she is mostly doing direct mail for finding listings specifically. Have any of you had luck marketing online with PPC or SEO to find real estate listings?

Thanks

Post: First Direct Mail Campaign - Keep Me Accountable!

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

@Andrew Herrig Great thread to read through, looks like you made a plan and stuck with it and now your reaping the results. Awesome work.

I do have a question if you don't mind, you said people are finding you online? We tried to do PPC a few years ago and didn't get anything good out of it, we paid alot and got junk leads mostly. We were using PPC for words like "We buy houses" and "sell your house fast". We mostly invest in Denton TX, so maybe the Denton population is differnet from dallas when it comes to online ppc.

Is that similar to what your doing online?

Post: Agents: How much of your time do you spend trying to find leads?

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

@Account Closed Sounds like if you are an established broker in your area, it just gets easier and easier as the years go on. More referrals, more brand awareness, more real estate for sale by ____ in yards. Seems like pushing something up hill. On the onset its difficult, but once you hit the peak its downhill and momentum is on your side.

Post: Agents: How much of your time do you spend trying to find leads?

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

Just curious here, but for the agents here, what % of your time do you spend trying to acquire new leads. Whether thats sellers for listing or buyers. A good friend of mine said probably a little more than 50% of her time is spent on lead generation. Curious as to what others experience is. Thanks

Post: Urgent Question about Serviceable Addresses with Direct Mail

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34
Originally posted by @Michael Quarles:
add or occupant.

Do you mean and or current occupant?

Post: Urgent Question about Serviceable Addresses with Direct Mail

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34
Originally posted by @Kyle J.:
It will still get delivered to the address you have written on it.

Thank you Kyle! :)

Post: Urgent Question about Serviceable Addresses with Direct Mail

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

bump

Post: Urgent Question about Serviceable Addresses with Direct Mail

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34
Originally posted by @Wayne Brooks:
Why would you Not change the name, to the person you're actually mailing to?

We will have to manually edit the new names into the database before we mail them. I am trying to save myself some time, if I can skip changing the name

If it can still be serviceable with the correct address, city, state, zip but the incorrect name, Id like to move forward like this

Post: Urgent Question about Serviceable Addresses with Direct Mail

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34

A basic question. If you have the correct street address, city, state and zip, but the name is incorrect will your mail still be delivered?

For example, I am working on some vacant properties that I skip traced. I found the new owner/heir's address, but I wouldnt change the name on the postcard, I would leave the name as the deceased owner of the vacant house.

Thanks

Post: Pouring Concrete for a House

Samantha M.Posted
  • Landlord
  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 505
  • Votes 34
Originally posted by @J Scott:
In Maryland, about $7/sf for the driveway...$9/sf for the apron (if needed)...

In Atlanta, it was about $5/sf...

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the apron on a driveway? Does a concrete driveway even have this?