If you position them as warm prospects rather than as a waste of time, your chances of conversion go way up.Also, you may want to consider alternate exit strategies for yourself.

The only exotic part is a stainless or bronze circulator.An alternative, which I had done but have since replaced as it was noisy and had lots of standby loss, is a small boiler that also heats the domestic hot water using a indirect WH as a zone.

i want to say it's "tiger foam", but not sure if i remember the name correctly or that's one that stuck in my mind because of the websites i visited...the problems with those is that it's two "propane tank like" containers and only spray about 600 sq. ft max. and it costs roughly about $1/sq. ft. i do not know if they still carry it, will have to check the next time i am there..cheaper than the alternative though, which is over $4/sq ft with contractors.

I've learned a ton and it keeps me sane on my commute, a huge benefit in a state that simply alternates snow and road construction!

I am going to offer a couple of alternative thoughts for you, primarily because you mention a possible layoff coming.

It seems like a waste to pay someone to answer the phone live when only 25% are potentially motivated leads.On my first YL campaign I did what Sean Terry said and made it sound like a personal voicemail, but I have a feeling this caused a lot of people to think they were calling the wrong number so I got a ton of hangups.I have my mail-merge postcard going out this coming Monday and I am going to try the voicemail recording method to weed out the curious callers.I the have the dreaded "Full Time Day Job" so I don't have the option to answer the majority of the calls, so I am kicking around the best alternative method.I will let you know how it goes and please keep us up to date on what seems to work the best for you!

Add them to a buyer's list, and send an email blast to everyone when you get a new house under contract.Also, as an alternative if you have some money to spend, you can purchase a couple different programs that I am currently using:1. iFlip/Fast Cash with Foreclosures from Cameron DunlapIt costs $1,000, but it's pretty much an all inclusive online system to streamline your real estate business and also includes training and gives you access to tons of cash buyers who you have to direct mail, but you can also do that through the iFlip system.

I'll have to research that alternative further.

Alternatively if I just say I'm going to board it up and leave it rather than demoing it I risk racking up code enforcement fines from the city (which here would attach to ALL property I own within the city).

What the seller is not informed of is that his whizbang wheeler dealer doesn't have two nickels to rub together, has no credit to obtain a loan and, doesn't even have that partner or alternative available to sell the property when the contract was made.