Marketing to Buyers and Sellers

I was wondering if there were any special tricks to improve the odds of getting a seller to click on my CL ad and then call me. I figure the odds are small that I'll get a call from my CL ad but what the hell, doesn't hurt to try.

So what are the best ways of standing out and improving my odds. I am going to post an ad everyday for a month to see what happens?

What kind of luck have you all had with CL in regards to finding truly motivated sellers?

Can someone give me some suggestions on how to build the buyers list, please?

It seems like posting flyers is not that good of an idea since many places don't allow you to post flyers anywhere.

i posted on craig's list and am trying the newspaper but I welcome any great ideas if you have them.

thanks,

Chris

Hello everyone!
My name is Joey and I just joined the forum. I live in St. Marys, GA. and I have a full time job so thankfully I'm not pressed for money at the moment, just the adventure in becoming wealthy through hard work, kindness to others and treating everyone involved fairly as if it were my self needing help or some sort of service.

What happens when you have a property under contracted and trying to assign it in your 30 day time frame or whatever you have and another investor comes along and wants to wholesale also.?

I am trying to find investors who are responsive to accepting assignment properties. I have sent post cards, letters, emails and made phone calls. I have only been able to acquire one investor who has told me they are very aggresive. For some reason, I am having a very difficult time finding investors in my area who will accept assignments or who want to give out what type of properties they are interested in. I would like to have those of you who are experienced investors provide me with the type of properties you are looking for so I may be able to find those properties and assign them over to you.

For those who use bandit signs, how are they working out for you all? I am in the Cincinnati Ohio area and for some reason bandit signs don't seem to work as well as others have said they work in there part of the country.

I have tried to use hand-written signs for buyers the past few months with poor results. I have maybe gotten 15 calls from 100 signs over the past few months and frankly I am peeved.

I put the signs on poles where I *know* traffic is constantly backed up during rush hour. I usually put out 10-15 at a time. I know that number wont give me boatloads of calls, but the lack of calls received is disheartening to say the least.

Is it legal to collect a finder's fee from both the buyer and seller? I live in Florida. I don't know if laws differ state to state.

I live in california and i would like to target for sale by owners but i am finding them far and few between in this market

does anyone have any ideas to market to and find fsbo sellers

Why Luncheons?

I got the opportunity to leave my J-O-B in 2001, and devote all my time taking my real estate business to the next level.

At that time I had (2) private lenders. These lenders were delighted with the monthly checks they received from me and I loved the quick cash it provided me to buy houses. I knew this program was golden and I knew I wanted more private lenders in my life FAST--who could virtually provide unlimited cash to fund my real estate deals.

So, how did I get the word out?

There were a number of ways such as one-on-one meetings, direct mailing campaigns and radio commercials. My choice was to leverage my time by holding a luncheon and invite people to hear my presentation.

Why a luncheon? Well, let's look at all the benefits.

What To Do When You Can’t Find a Buyer for Your Wholesale Deal

I was asked this question last summer, "I put a "junker" property under contract for $7,000. It had an “after repaired” value of $45,000 and needed about $12,000 in work. This seemed like a classic wholesale deal, but I was unable to find a buyer at $10,000 before my inspection period ran out. I chickened out and exercised a contingency to get out of the contract. I'm very sure of my numbers and I'm sure this would have been a great deal for someone at $10,000. That lost profit has been haunting me for months. What can I do next time?"