If the homeowner did any kind of marketing: craigslist, newspaper ad, sign in the front yard, etc.

It is a response to a comment of a Newspaper article "Recession rips US marriages; economic gap widens!"

.- Print marketing - local news paper major ad, flyers, etc.- 5% buyer's agent commission offeredWe've had over 30 private showing and hundreds of vistors through the Open Houses.What thoughts/ideas do you have?

It's a common response from Sarah Palin to questions she doesn't have a good answer to...First, there was the response to "...what newspapers and magazines did you regular read...?""

There are many ways to market for buyer and seller leads -- direct mail, print advertising, newspaper classifieds, on-line classifieds (like Craigslist), bandit signs, etc.The question is -- when is it best to supply only a phone number, and when is a Website address preferable?

I'm looking for advice as what to say to an absentee owner on a postcard, and pricing on a direct mail campaign, also what will be a good ad to put on the newspaper to look for a money partner.I will appreciate any advice given, Thanks.

If you have an agent who is acting a Fiduciary Buyer's Broker for you, work with him to make offers on other listed properties, also, make it clear to your agent that you will pay him a commission on any unlisted property he finds for you; FSBO's, bank owned properties, leads from advertising, expired listings.It sounds like you are tripping over small change when you should be looking at the big numbers and the big dollars.You might want to have several Fiduciary Buyer's Broker (under contract) working for you.Want more leads, advertise on the radio, newspapers and TV.

Read & study periodicals (any kind of business journal or newspapers dealing with real estate in that area) about what's happening: what's moving in & what's moving out.  

I think that if we KNOW, we can capitalize on it ... especially if we have to "stoop" to newspaper advertising during those times when we have a handful of vacancies, we can put that expensive ad in the paper just at the "right" time....thanks all!

That is exactly what I did many years ago; of course, back then I used a printed ad in a newspaper - but advertised ahead of time to get things going.