Need Birddogs?

Love this!

Will you tell us what you say in your attachment?

Karen

Sure Karen - btw now have 22 responses in about 18 hours!
This is what my return email says:
Thank you for your interest! I have attached a description of the position. Please read this document. Then if you are still interested in making money simply by finding homes that I can purchase, CALL ME.
I need motivated individuals with initiative! If you do not have enough initiative to read the attached and make the phone call, this isn’t for you.
I hope to hear from you soon to discuss details, share ideas, and answer questions.
And this is what my attachment says:
Thank you for your interest in being a “House Finder, also referred to as a “Birddog”. I am a real estate investor looking for homes not listed with a real estate agent. If you provide me an address, and other information detailed below, and I purchase the property, I will pay you $500 each and every time. Please read the information below. If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, let me know. I will forward you a contract that defines our relationship and your compensation. It’s that simple.
How do you find unlisted properties for sale?
“Driving for Dollars” – as you conduct your normal day, you pass lots of homes that look vacant or in need of repair. It is quite possible the owners of these properties would happily sell if presented with the opportunity. Go knock on the door, or you can look up the address on the county website, find the owner’s name and contact them. The more information you provide me, the more likely I can quickly purchase the property resulting in you getting paid. However, even if you only provide the address, I can do the research. BE ADVISED THOUGH – that you will immediately lose credibility if you send me a bunch of junk addresses. Photos of the exterior of the house, the neighborhood (no “war zones” please), and the interior of the home, if you can do a home visit, are extremely helpful.
Garage/Estate sales – Often there is also a house to be sold. Stop and ask!
Marketing – If you are serious about gathering leads and making more money, do some cheap/free marketing. Craigslist, Backpage, and free classifieds both online and in local papers are great places to put ads. Something like “I buy houses. As is, for cash, xxx-xxx-xxxx”. You will get responses! Talk to them and see what the situation is. You just found a lead. After all, how did I find you?
Bulletin Boards and Counters – Hang up simple handmade signs in the grocery stores, your church, the laundrymat, etc. Ask to leave a small stack of paper ads on the counters of convenience stores, etc.
Bandit Signs!!! – Those ugly signs on the side of the road really do bring in responses. I can tell you exactly what to put on them, where to put them, how many, what kind, etc. If you commit to doing this and it results in leads that end up in a purchase – I will even reimburse you for your marketing expense!
Network – talk to everyone you know. Someone knows someone who needs to sell their house!
OK – so the more information you can gather, like the condition of the home, how much is owed on mortgage/ taxes, what is their situation, the more easily I can move forward. Listen to what they are saying, respond in a helpful manner. Let them talk. You listen and then ask questions.
You call or --email me with the leads, the information and photos when possible; I take it from there.
Interested? We can start right away.
Call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx or email xxxxx@xxxxx.net
Gena

Don’t wait for me to call you – I’m looking for self-motivated individuals who will take action!

Love it! I am going to use it myself, if you don't mind. We are many miles apart so shouldn't be a conflict.

Sorry I will miss seeing you again at The Edge this yr. Have a great time!

Karen

Please use it! I will miss seeing you as well!

sounds like a very good technique! thanks gena

I learned something from Joe and Stacie Jurek about finding birddogs.
First of all, let me tell you that I love PIZZA. Joe and I have this in common.
We have shared many delicious pizza pies together.
Who better knows areas, and drives around neighborhoods as much as pizza delivery people?
Answer? Nobody.
Offer them $1.00 for every verified address to a vacant property in your area.
Also offer them $500 for every property that you purchase from these addresses.
The Jurek's asked me the question, would it be worth it to pay someone $50 for 50 addresses to potential deals in my area? YES!!!
Would it be worth paying the same delivery person $500 when I purchase a property that I am going to make $10K to $15K minimum on a buy-fix-sell property? YESSSS!
Is this great money for someone who doesn't make a ton of money? YES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
Get out there and make this work!
Thanks Indiana Joe for the great tip!

Happy Investing!

Matt W.

The pizza man thing is a concept I heard from one of Dean's books. In fact, you could probably recruit any delivery person as a bird dog.

This is very helpful, Gina. Thank you!

This info is good. Thanks for the info

Hi all -

I live in central NJ. Was wondering if anyone needed a birddog for this area? Please private message me if you do.

Thanks,
Tara

http://www.deangraziosi.com/real-estate-forums/everything-else/36650/loo...

And check out the new group specially FOR yep, you guessed it, birddogs:

http://www.deangraziosi.com/content/birddogs

Thank you Gena. I posted on CL last night, today
I got one response from a college student.

Litia
Salt Lake County, Utah

Gena

That is a great technique. I just posted an ad where I live and I can't wait to see the response. Thanks for the tip!!

Lori

I had bookmarked this back in March but had forgotten about it. I'm going to use it too!

Thanks!
Shirley

Very good idea Gena. I've been luck to have some good birddogs over the years but I love this idea. Thanks for sharing it. I'm going to use it myself.

I am going to use this wow, the script and the delivery guys, also I heard the leader of our investment group here in san diego say he contacts Gargage pick up workers too. I have been talking to the one's who come here to my neighborhood but havent gotten anything yet but will expand to other areas being that I am in an urban zone. The gentlemen said he got 17 deals last year because of that.

I am working on my first deal and will have it soon!

Gena,

Thanks for posting this information. I posted an ad on CL late last night and I have had 10 people respond to the ad so far. One was a buyer who has now been added to my buyer's list and one is a contractor who says he can send me a steady stream of potential deals. I love it when a plan comes together.

Thanks again,

Lori

Gena wrote this great thread to find birddogs that I thought I should bring it back. I'm sure there are investors out there looking for birddogs to bring them great deals? This is one example of why this DG fam is so amazing!

I didn't use this the first time it was posted but I did use it last night. So far I've had 12 responses. If I get 2 or 3 good bird dogs from that bunch I'd be very happy!

thanks for sharing... will line this up on our to-do list!

Thanks for all the info. That is a great way to find birddogs.
Has anyone had any success with the bird doggers finding them good properties?
I have noticed for myself they usually are sending me properties but properties that are not great investments. I always have to take a lot of time with them teaching them what I want.
do you have anything that tells them quickly what we want for properties.