There's no way to filter the list for specific criteria (SFR, 3 beds/2 baths, etc), so I have been scrubbing the list, excluding commercial properties, bank owned properties, state and church owned properties.

Hi JulieWe start showing as soon as the tenant gives notice.It has been a challenge sometimes, I remember setting up showings at a house where the tenant was away for the weekend.Just her teenage kids were home.The first showing was embarrassing, but I managed to do a garbage bag / throw stuff in the cupboards (including dirty dishes)The next tenants took the place, but I made a deal with them to have our painter / handyman come in to do a bit of painting, after they moved in.It is not always ideal, some of the hustle between tenants, but I find if you communicate well, set expectations and do what you say you are going to do, you can avoid any loss in revenue.That being said, sometimes you have to shut a unit down between tenants to do a full on scrub down.To clean properly it really takes a lot of time.Mike

Originally posted by Jackie Lange:I lured the crack heads out with Kentucky Fried chicken while my contractor secured the property.Didnt realize crackheads ate, and their weakness is KFC ...lolOriginally posted by Rob K:When I left that house, I felt like I needed an iodine bath.With a wire brush to scrub with....know that feeling oh too well.

HERE IS MY DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGN PLAN. 6 mailers (at least) to a targeted list of approx 500 properties (vacant and distressed found by driving neighborhoods once a week eventually growing to 500) once a month for 6 monthes, scrub the list, keep sending mailers to the remaining and add new properties to get back up to 500.

I design my direct mail campaigns as a series of 3 to 7 letters to go out to the same audience over a period of time usually every 10 days or so.Before I mail though ALOT of work goes into "scrubbing" the data.

Using the driving for dollars technique means collecting info in the field and sanitizing or 'scrubbing' it by eliminating obvious unqualified properties.

You need to scrub you list after a few months to see if any are sold.  

Scrubbing my list as I get returned postcards.  

The fact that they scrub REO's certainly is a plus.

I'll scrub those names from my list if I continue mailing.