All Forum Posts by: Josh Smith
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Post: Detroit NEWBIE club
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- Troy, MI
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Post: Any BP Members near Holland Michigan?
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- Troy, MI
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I am down here in Troy a few hours away, a good deal and a good connection is always worth a few hours on the road
Post: Newbie from Rochester Hills Michigan
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- Troy, MI
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In the words of Kent Clothier the time is now! don't wait especially for you, you are still young. You have plenty of time to start now and get your mistakes out of the way. I am in Troy MI not too far, maybe we will do some deals together
Post: New to Bigger Pockets
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- Troy, MI
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Welcome, glad you found BP, it has been a ton of help to me personally I bet you will find the same. I am over in Troy, MI and got about the same plan, well not renting unless I find a good multi unit, I have no desire to rent houses, I am training on doing owner financing, that is how I want to deal with single family homes. There is lots of knowledge out there and lots of good education to invest in, however there is a lot of noise out there too and it takes a lot of work to block it out. Good Luck
Post: Need Advise from VA wholesaler.
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- Troy, MI
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Why live in Michigan and wholesale in Virginia? You would still find your leads the same way though. I would advise trying to get a team in the area that can get eyes on a property and pictures if necessary. Virtual is not really harder than being there if you know the area. I live in Michgian and did VA wholesaling in Florida.
Post: Former Marine finally home. Let's connect
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- Troy, MI
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Former Jarhead here also, I am working out of Troy, MI right now
Post: real estateinvestor
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- Troy, MI
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I am wholesaling in Macomb and Oakland, marketing mostly Oakland right now
Post: New member from Dearborn, Michigan
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- Troy, MI
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Originally posted by @Muhammad Saleem:
let me know you both for any help.
what area's do you mainly work as a realtor? I don't really have any realtors I am working with in Michigan yet
Post: Hello, I'm Michael from Michigan...
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- Troy, MI
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HI nice to meet you (well not officially yet). I am a wholesaler in Troy, MI. Finding deals all the time here. Hopefully someday we can do business together
Post: Does anyone use "Flipster" Software and, are they having success?
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- Troy, MI
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Originally posted by @Bill Devola:
@John Smith:
Great review! Not only did you eliminate some of the speculation on the software itself, you even took the time to mention some software alternatives that accomplish the same thing.
We are considering signing up at my company. Currently, we don't use squeeze pages or do any sort of direct marketing to target off market sellers. I've done some of this personally in the past, before the internet became near ubiquitous, and it was (as most can guess) a lot of work.
@John Smith (or anyone else) : how has your direct marketing utilizing the web been? I've always assumed that people that had houses to get rid of at a discount didn't hit the web to look for a place to sell. But I'm open to the idea that I could be misguided on that.
So far my web pages have been useless. I have had them up for about 8 months now, and everyone that is serious calls. Direct mail expect a 1-4% return depending on what you are targeting. I just sent out 1500 last week and am up to about 8 calls so far. One used my squeeze page and ended up still calling. My squeeze page is simple though, I only collect name email and phone number if they allow. Name and email required. I had a few sign ups that went no further, but unless they unsubscribe my auto responder keeps in touch with them. So who knows, the lead isn't dead maybe still just making up their mind.
So in closing yes I mostly direct mail, with multiple ways to contact me on the mailing, and 99.9% all call me, not use the squeeze page.