Joe – Glad you figured that out. And thanks for sharing.

Richard – Nice of RQ to help you out. I don’t think I select for SFR. But you can’t blame RQ for the data. Some counties are very bad at managing their own data. Garbage in = garbage out. My second mailer was for 0 improvements. However the county that I was mailing in didn’t really keep track of that. I had some guy cussing me our because I…[Read more]

Michael – My standard process is to let the buyer get the deed recorded at the county. I mail the deed with a cover letter with instructions for filing. Some buyers are very concerned about that so I offer to do it for them and tell them to expect their deed from the county in 2 to 3 weeks. I pay the postage and the recording fee. No big deal.

Richard – ON my first mailer I did all 5.0 acre properties so I didn’t worry about the parcel size. I just filled that column with 5.0 all they way down. ON my second mailer I somehow realized that the data was not included in the normal data set. You can add data to the data set before downloading. I have gotten in the habit of adding parcel size…[Read more]

Richard – With large mailers I don’t even worry about the Legal Description. As Jack demonstrates in the DVD training, I just put something like “5.0 Acres in Socorro County, NM” That will work if all properties are the same size in the mailer.

What you are asking for sounds more like an index map where the county is broken down into different…[Read more]

Milan – I know that the low down payment gets properties sold fast. However, you can change your buyer profile just by increasing the down payment. In your example I would be tempted to market for $4,000 down and $250 per month. It will take longer to sell but your buyer will have some skin in the game. Good luck with your problem buyer.

Nope. None. It’s vacant land. Liens are pretty rare. Most of the deeds are from between 1960 and 1985. Those are fine. The more recent deeds from 2005 or later could have some more problems behind them but I don’t usually search them. If the vesting deed is a quit claim deed, then I will go get the previous deed or two to see what is behind…[Read more]

Noam – You are making this too complicated. I have worked a couple of counties where that data is not available anywhere.

Deeds – Call the County Recorder. Tell them you want a copy of the deed for APN # XXXXXXXX. They will tell you what the cost is and how to make the request (email, etc).

Liens – Vacant land doesn’t usually attract liens like…[Read more]

Milan is my hero!

Milan, Sorry to hear that. I think you have already spent too much time with them. I don’t think we can screen our terms buyers very well. Hopefully you don’t have what is called a “professional tenant”. That is one who knows the laws better than the landlord and uses them to take advantage of the owner.

Shammgod – I have one who is slow to pay and usually calls with excuses why she can’t pay on the first. Somehow she always gets it paid before the late penalty kicks in. Others have questions that they should have asked before buying but they didn’t think of it until about 3 months into the payments. Like, is the property marked? or Can I do (fill…[Read more]

Shammgod – I have sold 6 on terms. On these 5 acre desert properties the term buyers need a lot of hand holding. I like the money coming in each month but it takes some work. We have sold a total of 16 properties so far from that mailer.

Noam – I want to offer my opinions on your two questions about Polygon Data on ParcelFact.

1. I would not jump to the conclusion that there is a mistake. Depending on how the GIS mapping was done there may be a break in the line segments on one or more sides of the rectangle. To prove it, plot all of the points on Google Earth and you will see…[Read more]

Matt – Nice post.

Noam – I haven’t worked in that county but it looks like a good bet. I looked up a few properties on LW that were listed at $12K to $13K for 40 acres. Price it at $11,900 and do a better job with the marketing than these other people. They are using stock photos and don’t have maps or plat maps in their ads. All of that stuff adds up to helping…[Read more]

Well, that sets the bar pretty darn high.

Beautiful. Very nice video and an amazing property.

Thanks for posting this.

Bei – Answer to a similar question If it is valuable enough you can plan on hiring a title company to do a quiet title suit.

Good luck

Jim – Yes, if B4 is the acreage that formula is what I would use to offer $100 per acre. I recently did a mailer where I offered $200 per acre from 6 to 60 acres. I worked very well and I am getting signed offers back in the mail.

Nathan – good example of best use of a broker. Thanks for sharing that with us.