I used to pick up the phone all the time. I didn’t have problem with it at all.

I stopped it. My reason? I want them to leave me info in the voicemail so I can look at the property before we do the talk. What if the property is so amazing that I would give the person extra $1000 dollars for that property? And those calling you back try to…[Read more]

Shammgod – That depends on your organization. Doing it all by myself – phones, research, marketing, etc: I think I would be maxed out doing 1500 per month. Once you get the first mailer done you will be moving toward outsourcing parts of your operation. The more outsourcing you do, the more business volume you can handle.

By the way, not every…[Read more]

Thanks Kevin!

Going forward my biggest problem was running out of money. You can budget the amount that you plan to spend in one county and try to put a cap on it. Then you will know that you have funds left for the next mailer in line. I spent almost all my money only to find out that the land didn’t sell as fast as I planned. So I waited to l…

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Thanks Anwar!

Shammgod – On my first mailer

letters sent – 1600
responses – 50+ (months later, I still get a call occasionally)
deals – 24 (if I did it again I would not take all these deals)

Be patient. Your phone will be ringing for about 2 weeks.

Going forward my biggest problem was running out of money. You can budget the amount that you plan to spend in…[Read more]

Using your personal address on one Mailer no biggie. But I recommend you get a mail service like a po box or UPS store, etc.
Some of these sellers can be downright angry. Then again, with Spokeo and other apps, if they want to find you, they will find you.

my 2cents would be to pick the phone up and not let it go to voicemail on this first mailer. Not everyone will leave a voicemail and sellers are definitely skeptical at first and might be calling just to speak to a real person. Also, I’d suggest giving sellers multiple ways to communicate with you (fax, email, website opt-in, mailing address).…[Read more]