Buying-Marketing For Motivated Sellers

34 Ways to Find Motivated Sellers
by Jim Kennedy, Houston, Texas      
     

1.         Place a newspaper ad (major daily)
2.         Place an ad in Pennysaver, Thrifty Nickel, Greensheet, etc.
3.         Bandit signs
4.         Drive neighborhoods looking for vacant houses and FSBO's
5.         Call FSBO ads
6.         Search MLS for junker properties
7.         Search MLS for expired listings
8.         Contact landlords who are evicting a tenant
9.         Contact landlords with properties for rent
10.         Pre-foreclosures
11.         Foreclosure auctions
12.         REO's
13.         HUD & VA houses
14.         Tax sales
15.         Estate sales
16.         Properties with outstanding building code violations
17.         Properties with outstanding health code violations
18.         Condemned properties
19.         Fire damaged properties
20.         Out of area owners
21.         Network with professionals, i.e. attorney, CPA, REALTOR®.
22.         Network with service people, i.e. letter carrier, pool service person,
23.         lawn service person, newspaper delivery person, carpet cleaning people, plumbers, etc.
24.         Bird Dogs
25.         Wholesalers
26.         Magnetic car sign
27.         Distribute business cards EVERYWHERE
28.         Career attire (Polo shirt with embroidered "I Buy Houses" logo)
29.         Fliers
30.         Door hangers
31.         billboards, 
    
32.         radio spots,
33.         TV spots and
    
34.         full-page ads in the yellow pages.

In my area (Houston), some of the big players also do (31) billboards,  (32) radio spots, (33) TV spots and (34) full-page ads in the yellow pages.

Hope this helps.

Best of Success!!