If I were just starting I would buy a list from here and mail them a postcard right away!

Do you have any other form of marketing to add.Generally how many times do you market postcards to the same list?

I've been sending direct mail (yellow postcards) to absentee owners in DuPage and Kane County, over the last 5-6 months and I've been averaging a 1.2% - 1.5% response rate, which I understand to be pretty decent.  

There are about 10k names and I have it in my budget to send 1k post cards per month.

Next steps - once my list is complete , I will send postcards twice once every 30 days then a letters for the next two months.But I will keep focusing on driving for dollars and repeating the same process. 

We have a website, we are on Google with Adwords, (spent $700 on that last month) we mailed out over 1,500 postcards to vacant houses and houses that are coming up for tax sale, we have an ad on craigslist, and yet no deals. 

Therefore, less people have a big DFD list which make the competition small.I personally don't use postcards because of their poor response rates.  

Pre-foreclosure should be getting a postcard once a week if possible. 

I mail 3,000 letters/postcards per week and average several deals a week.

Automated post cards via click2mail or yellowletters maybe 2% response using the same list.