Although, if you decide to go the route of purchasing a list from a provider and your quantity is too high to do in house, you may want to consider out sourcing it.Keep in mind that direct mail tends to work best when you send a campaign, not just a single mailing.

In response to Michael- I've never been interested in just buying quantity.

You can reach greater quantities of prospects for perhaps 40-60% of the costs.

It's not about quantity of leads, it's about quality of leads.

Any wholesaler who is doing a lot of real deals will tell you have need quality buyers over quantity.

When they are on the phone and talking to you they are at least a tiny bit interested in getting rid of the property and you just could be the solution to their problem.

Tin - I used to live in Garden Grove too; back left in end '09!

One system to keep track of participation and another for expertise.Both systems should support quality not quantity.

I'm assuming the cost per address goes up/down depending on the quantity you're purchasing?

Sounds like a worthwhile experiment as it's always my preference to get quality over quantity bookings so long as the numbers can line up.