All Forum Posts by: Steven Walter

What Mike Gallagher said, although I use their premium version for a few $$$ a month. I find a one page squeeze page works best with Name and Phone optional and email a required field to access whatever I'm offering. Also, Realbird has a nifty interactive map you can easily integrate into your Weebly page.

@Tomias

@Tomias Choice if it works for you, God bless! Seriously. You say you live in a small town. In my part of the forest, (Long Beach, CA) I am lucky to find 2,000 absentee owners in a given Zip code. I never intended my post (or any others) to sound adversarial, so if you can find business, please share. We're all working towards the same goal.

As I mentioned previously, even local government is challenged with identifying vacant properties.

Someone suggested in a previous post to watermark your photos.

IMO, the agent should be keeping in touch with you. However, a couple of ideas come to mind: - email - handwritten note - Slydial

Gene - here are a couple of thoughts, fwiw.

1.) Email is cheap, practically free and doesn't have to be spam. You could set up an opt-in email with a regular short informational blurb showing some of your findings that have benefited clients. When I was first in the business an inspector found an attic furnace that had been red-tagged by the city for a safety/design flaw. The owner had no idea he and his family had been living in danger of a catastrophic fire.

2.) Craigslist comes to mind, although the rules have changed so you might have to get creative. Set up a one page web site describing your service and direct inquiries there. Maybe show dramatic pics of hidden damage, water damage from leaking pipes, dry rot, etc.

3.) In addition to what Jonna said, in a previous life, I would do what was referred to as "courtesy calls". Develop a route for all the brokerage firms in your patch and stop by to introduce yourself, drop off a card or flyer, or bring doughnuts.

4.) Facebook and Linked-in might be other resources.

Just a few thoughts before my second cup o' coffee.

Hi, Nick - I started to respond and then realized I would end up writing a book. There's a huge amount of information on the subject here on BP. As @John Chapman evictions and income are paramount. Because I had a discrimination complaint filed against me with the Department of Fair Housing, I've become particularly sensitive to the screening process. The complaint was dismissed but I had many sleepless nights wondering if I had inadvertently done something wrong. IMO, documentation is everything. For me, it's about knowing what to do, doing it, and then documenting it to a fair-thee-well.

So, I suppose that's a long winded answer to say, documentation.

Try Google Translate. I wouldn't use it as the final arbiter but it's a free, convenient and useful tool. Note: Oops! Reading the tiny print on my iPhone I missed the part about being handwritten. Mea culpa. Maybe fiverr.com?

Try Google Translate. I wouldn't use it as the final arbiter but it's a free, convenient and useful tool.

Hi, Barbara - here are a couple of thoughts.

If you are only looking for transactional funding, you should be able to find sources via Google and maybe here on BP. If you want to start with wholesaling, you could always build a buyer's list by searching the MLS for cash buyers within a recent time period and contact them when you have a deal under contract. Not sure what your broker would think of the idea.

Sergio - I continue to be amazed at how many in the business are not tech savvy or even how many MLS listings will not accept electronic signatures.

With that being said, Nitro PDF Reader (free!) has a feature called Quick Sign that will do what you mentioned, i.e. take a scanned image of a signature and initials and let you drop them into a document.

The difference with Quick Sign and just dropping in an image is an image will often obscure part of the document; Quick Sign goes right over the top with a transparent background.