In many areas there are many properties with subtle signs of being vacant, tall grass, old flyers, newspapers, or phone books at the property.

Marketing is defined as, but not limited to, placing the property for sale in the Real Estate Multiple Listing Service (MLS), advertising in the Newspaper or other periodical, and placing a for sale sign on the property.You can download the entire contract at http://www.yellowlettermail.com/Calls.html

Write an article for your local newspaper or hosuing magazine, get involved with a non-profit housing or shelter.

I would hire an attorney service to pull the data or on occasion a "legal newspaper" will have it.In reality this group is a sub group of absentee owners so if someone is marketing correctly they're touching this group anywayAlso search newspapers and CL for property for rent to find active for rents.

Here are some ideas:Go where motivated property owners go ----Housing court - property owners who have been summoned there to tell a judge why they did not abate a housing code violationOwners with housing code violationsLandlords at rent court who have not been paidExpired listingsWithdrawn listingsFel-thru listingsListing on the market for over 180 daysjunk looking, boarded up and ugly vacant housesspend money on newspaper ads and radiowalk and talk - ask everyone you see if they know of anyone with real estate to sellpre-foreclosuresTax sale listTax sale pouchingREIA'sPiggy back real estate auctionsAttend auctions - find the sellers of NO SALE AUCTIONFind the owners of NO SALE foreclosures  Save your stamps and your yellow paper - hit the streets and be more pro-active - look for and you will find a motivated seller - remember deals are not found they are made - understand all the clues to creative financing and you will do well.

Marketing is defined as, but not limited to, placing the property for sale in the Real Estate Multiple Listing Service (MLS), advertising in the Newspaper or other periodical, and placing a for sale sign on the property.XLIX.

Are you using mailing lists, bandit signs, newspaper ads, etc...Your help would be greatly appreciated.

You are focusing on this free newspaper which is how I get leads, not advertise although I could.

Fast forward to current (September) we have completed one wholesale deal (that came from the newspaper ad) and the direct mail has done nothing for us.

With bandit signs being illegal almost everywhere; how effective is craigslist, news paper listings, and other media to promote your wholesale business?