The local angle can give you that edge against other buyers, especially when you are dealing with high equity owners who might be older and a little weary of some company coming in wanting to buy their house.One down side to consider is, hand writing all of your letters will be time consuming, but there are ways to get around that.

I'm working on hand writing a couple letters to some property owners, and I was wondering what wording has worked for you to get the property owner to call you?

This open concept home includes designer styled kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances including a stainless steel farmhouse sink, vented hood system, and a stunning glass tile back splash.

This open concept home includes designer styled kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances including a stainless steel farmhouse sink, vented hood system, and a stunning glass tile back splash.

And another, in some states now, you have to disclose, in writing to the seller, that you are not the end buyer or be fined with a hefty fine.These may get glossed over by the "community" but they are starting to be cracked down on in a bunch of states.

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Make sure your rejection is in writing and says something like "you didn't meet our standard qualification requirements".

They can write a contract and abide by your states laws.

If you replace it, do not let the tenants have any say in what type or colour of carpet it is and BEFORE you get anyone in to measure or install, get it in writing that they will have the entire room emptied and make the house available at a pre-arranged time for the carpet installers.

They went out of style for a while because everybody was doing them.