Direct Mail and Bird-Dogs as a Source for Unadververtised Properties

A bird dog is someone who comes into contact with property owners most of the time. These home owners are to be found within specified neighborhoods. The bird-dog is able to learn all about these non advertised properties which are up for sale. These property types which are unobtrusive to many investors are usually never advertised as available properties for sale. The availability of these real estates is only realized through the age old method of mouth. The passer of information can be a neighbor, acquaintance or relative who could be the only person who knows a property owner who is willing and wants to sell the property.

The first step is to recruit these people as you bird-dog spies where you pay them a gratuitous amount. Once they are integrated then the investor will be in a position to acquire invaluable information regarding all non advertised properties without ones competitors, general public and other individuals ever realizing anything about their existence and availability.

The best and effective way of getting a bird-dog and convincing them into joining ones spy network is simply telling anybody who care to listen the fact that you are on the look for properties. You should state categorically that if you buy any of the property these people tell you about then you will pay a specified finders fee.
The right persons to recruit as bird-dog can be got from all spheres of life and from different careers. The more the bird-dogs the more customers you will acquire. The finder’s fee is usually the instigation towards these people’s willingness to work, since they can earn as they go about their duties. Bird-dogs can be attained from trash collectors, dentists, doctors, employees, church members, club members, sales people, tradesmen, repairmen, co-workers, friends, neighbors, tenants, meter readers and even taxicab drivers.

On the other direct mail comes handy for marketing excursions. Direct mails are really easy to use, their process of preparation are manageable since one needs to prepare a standard letter addressed to specific homeowners, sign them and once they are folded they are inserted in side an envelope. Microsoft office Word comes handy since it has a feature where the names can be merged with the letter addresses.
Direct mail has been known to be cheap and easy to use. It gives one a full return to his/her money. For instance, one can be able send mails at an amount worth $60. This affordable amount of direct mails is inclusive of expenses such as letterheads, postage and envelopes. Also, the direct mail is quite quick. It makes it easier for the investor using it to start getting a response from potential sellers as early as two weeks after the letter had been mailed.
The direct mail is also effective. Once it is used the investor is able to make a direct contact with the myriads of potential property sellers without the expenses of going through the occasion third parties who include all the agents of real estate.