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Haha. So, I heard some audio from a guru I'd rather not name. His quick start program to $5k in 30 days is this:
1. Send 500 yellow letters to absentee owners that bought before 2003.
2. Field every single call ...
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Hello BP Community,I recently started a new direct mail marketing campaign in my Chicago market and wanted to sort of chronicle how it turns out. I actually wanted to post this the first week, but I gave it a little t...
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I have a vacant house a couple doors down from my personal home, in Texas. It has squatters in it. The police have removed them twice so far but they just come back. The city sent notices to the address on the tax re...
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Hi everyone. I’m generally new to this community but have read a few bigger pockets books and have been interested in REI for years. My wife and I are currently digital nomads and we have about 125k that we saved up a...
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O.k. I finally got down to the courthouse and looked at my very first batch of probate files. It was interesting and confusing at the same time. I know who passed away, their address, etc. But how do I chose the files...
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I'm hoping the big marketing folks will chime in and provide some stats on the DEAL rate between postcards and yellow letters. I understand that yellow letters have a higher response rate, but rarely do I hear about ...
Say a prospective tenant were to come to me with a fake ID, a made up SSN, and plenty of references and proof of income. When running background checks, what sort of response would come back if the ID or SSN is not va...
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Hello BP,We have successfully sent out a small batch of mailers directed to absentee multi-family owners who have had the property for 10 years or longer and were interested in selling. So far, I have received 3 calls...
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Hello all. I got my first property under contract and am currently 6 days into a 15 day contract. I had to put a $500 consideration amount to get this deal under contact. I went into the deal knowing it would be perfe...
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Hello All - I'm a new buy and hold investor (looking for single family rentals in the Quad Cities, specifically Bettendorf and East Davenport). I'm going to do a direct mail campaign and am educating myself as much as...