I would also do more than one mailing with more than one type of mailing (letter, manilla envelope, handwritten, postcard, etc.).

Hi Clay,Regarding people offering seller financing, they're usually investors who want way too much the property.Some ideas:One, buy a list through list source or Melissa data, houses bought at the top of the market, 2006 to 2008, and get postcards out to them.

I just got over 300 leads on www.listsource.com Now I'm trying to decide what to use (postcards, yellow letters, etc) to contact the sellers.

I'm a huge fan of not doing the same thing everyone else does and I've been holding on to a couple of direct mail postcards along the same lines as what you're doing with the bandit signs...I think I'm going to do a 3 month split test to see how they work.

Also, I received 9 postcards back.

So I feel like I've handled the major objections to trying me out, if I can just get in the door.Here are some of the things I've tried (with varying levels of persistence, I admit), none of which have proven all that useful so far:Cold calls - Some aimed at agents I've identified with some level of interest in online marketing, some aimed at agents who I can tell have good photos, etc.Emails - Same targeting as the cold calls, just trying the approach first with email.Post cards - Using Zillow, identifying properties for sale and sending a post card directly to the homeowner with a follow-up email to the agent.

I feel like they cahrge a premium for postcards and was hoping to cut my marketing costs a little bit!

I have received on average two calls per week that keeps me working constantly.I will be switching between letters and post cards to keep things more interesting and to keep cost down.Hope it helps.

Say, I want to close on 1 house per month, then how many letters/postcards should I plan to send?

Most will be administrators, not executors.Also consider mailings to heirs/beneficiaries.A comprehensive campaign includes mail > knock > call effort.Send letters, not postcards.