It's a 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath in a decent neighborhood, and I submitted an offer 5K over asking price (the market here is brutal and I keep getting beat out), as well as submitted a letter to the seller in hopes of making my offer stand out. 

The total rehab needs no more than 40k (interior needs lots of work, kitchen and 2 bathrooms will be full gut, the rest is cosmetic with some drywall replacement) to really make it shine and stand out from competition.The asking price is $87,000.  

A different siding color will draw attention to the architectural style, then you can have a contrasting front door to make it really stand out.

Those leads already has shown interest in selling, but the competition is much higher, so there's going to be more people calling them.You always have to stand out from the competition.That particular tip was specifically for people who have experience buying leads and know the challenges and pros of buying leads.I don't think that tip applies to you.I still believe Facebook targeting is the most powerful way to target, but there are countless of people who buy leads, so I'm showing some neat things to take full advantage of the leads they buy.

Almost everything does go to multiple offers lately so you need to be able to have your offer stand out above the others somehow.

It has pros and cons. pros: the liability is within that LLC, I.e. if you are liable in a lawsuit, you don't owe more than the value of that LLC, I.e. the house.cons: might be harder to get financing. also more paperwork.There are more to it, but the points above stand out from most people's consideration.

During the summertime on certain weekends, my little girl sets up a lemonade stand out in the front yard.

This can’t be attributed to workers coming back into the market because this measurement includes unemployed and underemployed folks along with discouraged workers.

That is, I think it is more important that it stand out from the rest of the mail that might be in the mailbox at the same time as your letter.

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