This article covers 16 points that investors should consider before buying an investment property. Sectioned into the following categories: location, property, financial.
This is the first "hard-copy" contact with the absentee owner - you want to be sure to give the absentee owner clear, personalized, and relevant information. That is the function of the Introductory Package. It includes 1) a letter that recaps the phone contact you made and 2) your bio sheet, which describes your business philosophy and experience.
Let the absentee owner know you are going to be sending real estate information on a regular basis including your hot investment picks.
I hate to see agents abandoning their lead generation strategies because they aren’t getting the results they want. They are blaming the lead generation method when the real culprit is the current real estate market.
This article will help you discuss the importance of timing when buying or selling, and will illustrate how supply and demand works in a real estate market.
This is the first letter to send out to a new FSBO in your database. Send this letter with your bio and credentials.
Many FSBOs think that by just putting a sign on the property and listing on Craigslist is enough to have their home shown. Tout the benefits of working with a professional without coming out and saying so in this letter and accompanying information.
Many agents are looking for help with lead generation on real estate forums. What works? Is the advice being given any good? Coach Denise Lones weighs in and identifies one thing real estate agents must do to be successful this year.
Don't just tell your targeted MLS shortages about the lack of inventory - show it with this article, complete with editable listing to pending graph. Download the accompanying Excel file and update with your own information.
Use this letter to target any shortage from price points, style of home, area, etc
Use this letter to target any expired listing with similarities to a subject property which has just pended quickly.
Since some agents use a "fake buyer" to lure in potential homesellers, how do you compose a letter when you truly have a buyer wanting a home in a particular neighborhood, style of home, amenities, etc? They key is to make it convincing enough through details to indicate you actually do have a living and breathing buyer who is interested in buying.
If you have already exhausted the expired listings who meet that criteria, you can send this letter.
Denise continues her discussion about responding to online leads. If someone emails you, how do you engage with them and get them to talk to you more? Watcha nd learn the rules of permission marketing.
Denise, founder of The Lones Group, introduces the Potential Income Tracker. This tracking tool gives you a roadmap for never forgetting a client and for seeing how much business is in your future pipeline.
In this first letter to send out via a renter campaign, also include three properties currently for sale which would be similar to the amount they are paying for rent.
Many people have the idea that 1031 exchanges are complicated; that there are exact, detailed rules that must be met. While the rules are different from what taxpayers are accustomed to seeing in other areas of the law, there really is a simple logic to them.
To find the answer...think like a past client!