Website generates about 5 leads a month or so ($100/mo Adwords) the rest I get from agents and networking.If you are timid on the phone paying lots of money to get your phone to ring is probably not going to pay well.

Basically you are setting up the phones to ring when someone calls the google voice number.

YouTube is a great resource for videos on sheetrock patching, replacing tank components for toilets, wax rings, replacing broken faucets, fixing drains, etc.Those are just a few things that come to mind for me that are fairly simple.

It depends on rural, suburban, or urban core areas how far you go out in evaluation ring of an area.What I look at is violent to non-violent crimes in the area and if the frequency is flat, decreasing, increasing and by what pace.There will always be crime especially tied to population levels.

LTV of 60 or 80 out of state or in... someone else is mailing and you know what, their phone is ringing not yours.

Anyway if you like the price you offered I'd wait 30 more days, and ask your realtor to check the status at the worst they tell you they haven't heard anything, but if it's going to be approved my guess it will be here very shortly so you don't have a whole lot longer to wait.BTW if your 90 days is Wed you can keep putting offers on other properties while you wait, if you find something you like and get an approved offer you back out of the short sale no problem because it is after the 90 day mark so you get your EMD back.

Up until this year I carried around a $25 cell phone I bought off ebay that's biggest feature was it went "ring ring".

With the system I use, I can get the calls forwarded to my cell phone, it rings with the number I have so I know it is a client calling and make it priority to pick it up.

Most of my buys come off the MLS, but I am looking to add in some marketing to get the phone ringing from motivated sellers in pre-foreclosure, short sales, or whatever.

I used a friends phone today and 1 ring later he picks up.