He does a ton of postcard marketing to owners so get a lot of listings, so you may get some deals before they hit the mls.

I BUY REAL ESTATE, do you want to sell - Hello I thought I'd send you a letter to let you know that I am a real estate investor looking to control some equity and make moneyHello, I'd like to make a low ball offer and assign my contract for a profitI am an absentee of many properties in Maryland and other states and I receive hundreds of letters a year, some on silly yellow paper with stick figures of people holding dollar signs, or little drawings of houses with  a sad face, even slick full color post cards from people who want to buy (steal) my properties.Most are not serious and don't have money.

I was just going to use a hand written postcard saying the usual "I will buy your house as is etc"   just going to act like I don't know they are going through a divorce..

I wouldn't stop mailing letters or postcards to those same people.

Here is what to do to make sure it's perfect:Send out a direct mail campaign every week:1) Identify a market and property type2) Send the owners offers (not letters or post cards)*(make sure you do not send offers to property owners with mortgages - there is no room for negotiation on a leveraged property)3) Field the responses you will get from the mailer - there will be tons if you do it correctly.4) Pick the best one.  

Anyway best wishes on your journey and please send a postcard when you can. 

I just saw another postcard from the BoA today addressed to her and asking her to confirm occupancy..

What info goes on to a postcard that doesn't go in a yellow letter?

Then use tax database to find them, the address is never the same as property address.Sounds complicated but it is as simple as locating them via tax database and sending postcards within 24 hours of your contract.In a perfect world you already have buyers, but if you don't what's next?

it's worth a shot. the success of a mailing also depends on the quality of your message. the plain jane I want to buy your house please call 800.XXX.XXXX won't get that many calls anyways.however the good thing about post it notes is that they're cheap to print and if you've narrowed down your area to a subdivision you can can hit everyone and not every investor's doing those, so people may keep them for when they're ready to sell.currently , i'm not doing them as my postcards are working pretty well and my target area's gotten hosed due to illegal flipping and phony appraisals so comps are all over the board and it's hard to get a hard money loan there. i do plan on doing them when the weather breaks