To accomplish that you need to develop some trust and demonstrate fairness in business along with expertise.

But most people are nice and see follow up as a demonstration of your professionalism.After years of talking to home owners and handing our business cards, you will get deals from follow-up.  

As for the role play you just demonstrated, I was asking what to say to the seller prior to picking up the phone.

Results in less then 12 months: 1) purchased four properties2) two are rehabbed and sold3) two are going into construction4) Started a project valuation service for investors to assist them with comps, construction costs, and establishing maximum offer prices based on AVR, Construction, fixed costs and rehab costs.5) established a great team that includes accountant, legal, a great wholesaler and agents always on the look out.My point isn't to toot my own horn (I guess I just did) but to demonstrate what can be accomplished by full immersion, education, planning your work and working your plan.

I've already earned it decades ago.Since I'm also a magnet for pre-probate situations, I'm in a position to refer many clients to the very attorneys who demonstrate to me that they do good work and produce good results, thus becoming a valuable asset to their practice, in addition to my problem solving skills.Too many people approach real estate as only a service.

Whatever marketing you can afford, do it over and over and over, follow up , follow up and follow up, talk to people every day about what you do, ask for referrals...simply put keep your funnel full and when you get leads in your funnel make sure you follow up quickly and consistently and demonstrate to them the value you bring and how you can help solve their problem.

It is interesting to see an old thread like this to demonstrate the crapola that was going on several years back.

I've seen a demonstration of Marko Ruebel's and it looks good.

They would have to hire a PI or some such to monitor water bills or do something else elaborate.If calling the notes for placing them in an entity was so routine a few years ago surely one could produce ONE court case demonstrating this.

In a new tab or window on your browser, open BiggerPockets and demonstrate the problem.