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.

Partnerships would be an alternative where you put up the cash so you won't have to put up the time.

A "yellow letter" is most popular as a handwritten letter in red ink on a sheet of yellow lined paper, although I've seen it done with different variations.

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!

Although there are a bunch of popular investment options, property and precious metals such as gold seem to be most preferred ones.

Brian Stone,A popular and highly regarded option is Wordpress.

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!

Fast forward to today with the popularity of house flipping TV shows and tons of new investors hitting the scene, it seems like I am reading that the number is more like 1 in 50 now.I think it just comes down to being a numbers game and submitting as many offers as you can.

Does anyone know what are the most popular RE blogs?