A bold statement, I admit. Now obviously you need to know the basics of
the business, how to buy and sell homes for a profit, but beyond that,
your marketing will be the difference between you and all the other
investors out there.
Why is it such a difference? Because when you market well, people come
to you to help them solve a problem, and that makes all the difference
in the world. Yes, you can go knock on doors of every FSBO or
foreclosure in town, but the positioning is terrible. First, you were
not invited, and the prospect is likely to be so defensive or angry, you
are not going to get very far. Unless you really like rejection and a
very low return on your effort, this isn't the way to go.
I send postcards and direct mail to my prospects all the time. Sometimes
people say to me: "I tried direct mail and it doesn't work in my area."
This, of course is absurd. What I usually say to them is "What's the
difference between a 1 dollar bill and a 100 dollar bill? It's the
message on the paper!
So many people send out $1 messages and expect $100 results. It just
doesn't work that way, and it never will. The $1 message screams out to
your prospect all about you, and how you will buy their house sight
unseen.
First, an ugly truth: Your prospect doesn't care about you. He cares
about someone who has a solution to a problem they are having. When you
take out al the I, I, I, of your direct mail pieces, and replace it with
possible solutions to their problem, then you have a far better chance
of having them contact you.
No one is born a terrific marketer. You would not believe some of the
mistakes I made when I started out. But I got the education I needed,
and was never afraid to invest in seminars that ultimately got me to a
position of making over $1 million a year. You can become a great
marketer too, but you must get the education on how to do it right, and
the system to execute it all.
I know that marketing will make the difference between an investor who
does 3 deals a year, and the ones who are doing 4 or 5 a month like I
do.
Proper marketing will produce truly motivated sellers which are the best
prospects in our real estate business. This will make a difference
between making $50,000 per year or $50,000 per single month!
To summarize, you need to become good at marketing, that's the first
step! The second step is for you to realize that you need a motivated
seller to create huge profits. The first step will take care of the
second one!
If you'd like to learn more about marketing automation and how to find
more motivated sellers than you can handle, please go to
http://www.ProfitGrabber.com
There you will hear about Profit Grabber system that Marko Rubel uses to
organize and automate his marketing. You can do the same and achieve
$50,000 plus every month, buying foreclosures and other distressed real
estate, using no-money down techniques!