Perfectly healthy people, as well as people with common colds that will sort themselves out in a few days if just left alone, are going to the doctor more than ever before.

I’ve seen marketing through direct mail, cold calling and bandit signs talked about but not much on text message marketing.

So I am thinking of going door to door, cold calling and emails/physical mailing properties that look like they could be deals that are not on MLS.

@Kyle M.As bitter as it sounds, I always try to satisfy the buyer so the sale can go through (assuming it’s a price you are happy with).

I'm thinking that finding an off-market deal via cold calling, direct mail marketing, connections, etc is more likely.I wanted to know how are you all doing in the St.

I tried for a few months to secure my first deal and I couldn't make anything happen, mainly because I was intimidated of cold calling potential leads.

@Darrick Richardson agree with @cameron tope about direct mailing (and you will need a large budget) ... recent trend is cold calling .

The seller claims that she paid for a survey before and it cost 17k and then she was bitter that the buyer walked and she had to eat the cost which is why she is wanting me to pay for my own as an insurance policy that i won't rack up another cost like that for her and then bounce. 

You can also buy lists from companies like list source and there are some REI software companies that have a cash buyer search feature.Best way to find motivated sellers is to purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media.

Talk to leasing agents and ask them about DOM for rentalsIt takes work but doing the above steps will improve your market know-how so that you will know which neighborhoods are better for selling vs rentals and which neighborhoods are hot vs. cold, etc.