I recently sent out thousands of postcards to absentee owners and hired a very expensive, REI-focused answering service to answer the calls for me so the callers can speak to a live person instead of having to leave a voicemail message.To my surprise, this answering service is only answering about half of the calls and letting the rest go to voicemail.

I’m comparing doing a yellow letter campaign or a postcard campaign to local business owners in the area to get exposure of the office space available for lease.

Seems like the current trend is to send postcards.

Speaking as an owner of thousands of units I can tell you that I get calls and letters and postcards all the time from people wanting to buy my properties. 

Trust me, those people are inundated with letters and post cards.

Assuming one day you’d like the services of a wholesaler, would you prefer a call, automated voicemail, post card, email, or what?

If they have an in-house marketing department, they can print door hangers, flyers and postcards highlighting your recent sale. 

So I went on my first appointment today which came from a post card off my pre-foreclosure list.

Is it really as easy as just mailing postcards saying "I want to buy your property, call XXX"?

Driving for dollars, knocking on doors, post-cards, networking with wholesalers, etc.