You can start your MAIL MERGE to send out the letters.This technique will work on whatever Yellow Letter you have.

His response was funny.The old batch and blast technique and see what sticks isn't how I do things in my day job.

Martin I wouldn't expect a moderator here to sling mud at a technique he doesn't agree with.

Plus you need to have a pitch you need to learn sales skills and techniques to take those phone calls and turn them into deals.. as you state not easy.

I do agree that teaching someone HOW to fish rather than supplying them with fish is a phenomenal parenting technique that will serve them well.  

Do you have a better technique that you use for your buy and hold investing?

Wholesaling has been done for over 100 years, the guru who started this designation was trying to put a bit of a marketing spin on a technique or an option of disposing of a property, the method can be accomplished with little or no money, an ideal method for gurus to sell a how to program, geee, what can we call it, we need a term.....hey, it's much like uncle Steve who is a wholesaler of home décor items who sells to retailers, let's call it wholesaling!

Until then, use this time to practice building rapport and refining your phone call "technique" - which for me is still a work in progress!

I have driven the miles, sent yellow letters, left behind door hanger advertisements, posted on Craigslist, used Bandit signs (with no major luck), as well as several other techniques.

Brian you seem to be very interested in treating people very fairly and really helping them and that's what I am all aboutMany wholesalers who have been taught " to step on people to make money "contact me because they want to help Sellers fix problems and develop a reputation for being fair and honestI had one of my students that was a wholesaler for five years and really hated it because he had to keep going back to the seller to push the price down because the cash buyer wanted to cheaper priceI look at the best way to get started in real estate is to get your license and solve problems for sellers and get testimonials on your website that you were honest and fair helping them solve their problemMy dad was a poor Irish second-generation in Boston and had no money when he was a kid and he became an orthopedic surgeonHe told me "do no harm" when I was a boyI think to me "the wholesaling fever pitch seminar racket" is "stepping on people to make money"An alternative to the "wholesaling only" model is to be able to "help sellers sell on terms verses for cash"Ron LeGrand in Tampa has said to his students get licensed because of the brokering laws in FLI really feel that people should just do the right thing in the beginning, learn every legal way to help people with real estate, and you'll develop a reputation for being a great fair business personif your licensed you can act as a principal and use creative techniques like subject to, lease-option assignment, wraparound mortgages, master lease options, master leases, whatever tool works for the situation