- I'm by no means an experienced wholesaler but after starting a solid marketing campaign this past February and dealing with phone calls all over the board as a result of it . . . my thought is if the seller is not giving a price they want for the prop, they are -(1)  tire kickers(2)  doing the "s/he who speaks first, loses" thing(3) not motivated enough for you to invest time in them . . . . yetOne of the most common responses I would get at the initial part of my campaign was "make me an offer,"  "you tell me what you'll pay," some variation on those 2 themes.  

in my first post but if anyone has a better suggestion I'm all ears. over the next few days I will probably rewrite some different variations of the letters based on everyone's input and see what you guys think before I send them out.

Seems like a win-win to me, but was curious as to whether anyone has tried this or any type of mutually beneficial variation?  

There really isn't any way around understanding RE, this really isn't a check list type business since there are endless variations, alternatives and concerns that are unique.

I hand write the envelopes and letter, and have not tried to reinvent the wheel when it comes to effective marketing.I can tell you from my personal experience that any time I have tried to change that, hand written envelope printed letter or any variation my response has gone down.Set a goal each week on how many you want to send out, then divide that by days and you will know how many you need to do daily.Also, your letter does not need to be a long one.

I understand that yellow letters have a higher response rate, but rarely do I hear about deal rate.I haven't done enough variation and tracking to identify any conclusive results.Please provide your investment strategy when you respond as this may contribute to varying results.

We won't begin our first campaign until January however we plan to do montly mail, around 1000 pieces and we hope to use a variation on lumpy mail, yellow letters, business letters, and post cards. 

It seems like a variation of an asset based loan wrapped into an insurance policy.

I do think there may be something to this strategy or variations of it, but also agree that it is probably overly complicated and certainly not the panacea that some are marketing it to be.

@Michael AdamoZoningHere's a good intro PDF from LA City Planning on R1 variation zones: https://planning.lacity.org/or... -- if you scroll down to page 7, you'll see more info on “R1R” Rear-Mass Variation zones, which is what your R1R3 zoning falls under.