@eloop619

Ian,

Pricing should be the most deliberate, thought out and possibly time consuming step of your list scrub.

Until you have worked a county/area for awhile, don’t rely on % of assessed value (with enough transaction history in a county you will determine your own correlation between market value & assessed value).

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@austin
With this product type, I have not found that pricing matters much to customer as far as the psychology of Round:$50,000 vs Odd: $49,000

Where pricing does matter is how your land listing websites filter pricing, for example I have attached a screenshot how Landwatch is grouping properties by pricing in Mohave County, AZ.
Lets say you are…[Read more]

Did you have any preferred criteria for members, such as amount of time with Land Academy, or number of deals done?
-Austin

Look for a low supply of land in the size range that you are targeting. I avoid mailing to a county with more than 40 listings in LW for a given parcel size.

I tried to sell some stuff on ebay to “season” my account and got flagged for “requesting reviews” then pivoted away from the price point that works on eBay. Moved to larger profit deals and never did much with ebay

Travis, I appreciate hearing about your experience. I second Offers2Owners. Their customer support picks up on mistakes I’ve missed and are quick to respond to questions and resolve issues. If everything else was the same between O2O and other mail services, I’d use O2O just for this reason. Bonus: they have discounts from time to time that save…[Read more]

Hi Ian,

That’s great that you’re listing your first property – get ready to celebrate when it’s sold.

I’ll address the data scrubbing and pricing question. Do not use assessed anything for pricing. Assessed values (land, total, taxed, etc.) are truly meaningless, and you should also ignore anything the county provides for “market value”.…[Read more]