Craigslist Response Time?

[Jason (AL) 1]

Just wondering what's going on with the others' response times

with CL.

 

After my inquiry, about if they're interested in selling at the end of the

lease, a response usually is either next day or 2-3 days afterward.

However, I've yet to receive any responses whenever I send out

my second email, detailing what it is I do and how I do it, along

with a link to my website showing the benefits of a Lease Purchase.

 

Has this been the norm for you other guys and gals?

 

Granted, I know it's either doing away with time wasters, I'm

also aware that it may take someone to either get to my 2nd email

and/or digest the info I've sent them.

Maybe the 2nd email is too much? But then again, it's worked so

well for others here on the boards....

I've been thinking about just skipping the 2nd email and calling them as

soon as I get a response from my initial email.

 

In the meantime, I'm not stopping anything, as I'm keeping the pipeline full.

Today's email is bound to turn into a deal a month or so down the road.

 

Thanks for any feedback.

[dionwisn 0]

Your doing the rigth thing. It seems that the market your in homeowners are trying to do it themselves. The response time is similiar to mine here. I think worst case you've planted alot of seeds and soon they'll pick up the phone and ask you to water it.

[Tmartinloan 0]

What types of adds are you guys placing? And are you looking for Tenant buyers or L/o sellers?

[Jason (AL) 1]

90% of my CL marketing has been to FRBOs, with

the other being to FSBOs.

 

While carefully scanning through the ads and finding the ones

that fit what I'm looking for, I simply email them a simple

message saying:

Hi,

I saw your ad on Craigslist and was wondering if you would

be interested in selling at the end of the lease?

If so, how much would you be asking?

 

Thanks!

 

For the FSBOs, I've been using a combination of Michael's "...would you consider selling

on a lease purchase..." approach and using my variation of Adam's 5 Questions.

 

But like I stated, my main focus with the Cooperative Assignments are being

targeted toward the FRBOs.

[Tmartinloan 0]

90% of my CL marketing has been to FRBOs, with

the other being to FSBOs.

 

While carefully scanning through the ads and finding the ones

that fit what I'm looking for, I simply email them a simple

message saying:

Hi,

I saw your ad on Craigslist and was wondering if you would

be interested in selling at the end of the lease?

If so, how much would you be asking?

 

Thanks!

 

For the FSBOs, I've been using a combination of Michael's "...would you consider selling

on a lease purchase..." approach and using my variation of Adam's 5 Questions.

 

But like I stated, my main focus with the Cooperative Assignments are being

targeted toward the FRBOs.

 

 

 

 

Have you been getting many reply?

ITs eazy to find tenat buyers on Craigslist, i'm almost up to 100 now. Pretty soon it will be time to start marketing for sellers. Or i'm going to have the T/b locate any property then want. Then i will contract the owners and see it they would be willing to lease option. I'm not looking forward to splitting Option deposit money with any realtors though. But I guess if i want to get the deal done I will have no other choice.

 

Thanks

Thomas

http://www.fhamortgageprograms.com/

[Jason (AL) 1]

Yes, the replies have been good from my initial contact.

It's whenever I send out my 2nd email, explaining what I do, that

I haven't been hearing from anyone.

[MichaelC 160]

Jason, your results mirror mine and probably most here who take this approach. But that's my reason for doing it. The second email separates the curious from the serious. So it's to be expected that the replies to the second email will generate a much lower response rate. I'm fine with this as it saves me the trouble of talking to a lot of homeowners who aren't going to do business with me anyway. And I can tell you that many of the contacts you are making now won't reply for months, opting instead to try on their own first. Then six months from now you find an email in your face asking if you still do that "lease purchase thing". And the one's who do contact you after your second email are generally serious and interested.

Stay with it, Jason. I assure you the deals will fall from this.