Marketing to Buyers and Sellers

Ok, here's the scenario:

I find a really great deal on a house and lock it up under contract. I've already worked to build up my buyer's list, so I send out an e-mail of the house. Someone responds who seems very interested...

Now, how do I ensure that they aren't just interested, but RELIABLE? How do I know that they have a legitimate source of funds? Is there a way to "SCREEN" them or require that they provide something to me? Credit report? List of past investment properties? The name of their hard money lender?

I know that many of us have talked about, answered and posted ads on various Internet sites for sellers, buyers, investors, agents, brokers, attorneys. etc..
I think that it would be helpful for everyone on the site if we post any ads that have been particularly successful here in one place. The posts for ads are great but they are all over the place and I think that it might be helpful for everyone if they were easy to get to and all in one forum topic!
Angela.

In addition to using your own realtor to find great deals, you can use other agents to build your buyers list. It occurred to me as I collected the pile of business cards off the counter of a house we purchased this week that here was my connection to every person that may have been interested in this house. As I looked at each agent's business card I thought "This represents a client that this realtor brought through because they were interested in something in this neighborhood".

Nobody wants to get stuck with the dead weight that is a house that won't sell. The vagaries of the market coupled with the pressures of getting on to your next living arrangement can be enough to send your blood pressure shooting. But Bill Effros thinks he has just the sword to cut through this real estate Gordian knot. He calls it the 5-Day Method, and it's the subject of How To Sell Your Home in 5 Days.

(How To Sell Your Home In 5-Days by Bill Effros)

Property Listings Websites:

1. www.base.google.com
2. www.realestate.msn.com
3. www.ebay.com
4. www.realestate.****
5. www.craigslist.org
6. www.zillow.com
7. www.trulia.com
8. www.kijiji.com
9. www.olx.com
10. www.oodle.com
11. www.livedeal.com
12. www.domesticsale.com
13. www.edgeio.com
14. www.househunt.com
15. www.homesalez.com
16. www.isoldmyhouse.com
17. www.Forsalebyownercenter.com
18. www.propbot.com
19. www.Fsbosellbuy.com
20. www.homes-for-sale-by-owner.info
21. www.fastrealestate.net
22. www.homesbylender.com
23. www.hometoursonline.net

Like so many of us newbies , using this very informative and helpful site, we are usually starting with little to no money to finance and not so great credit. I think I speak for the majority, when asking, How did you (the 'old hatters') market to investors to assign purchases to?

Any and all information would be very much appreciated!

Thanks much!!!

Networking can be a fantastic way of finding properties.

Working with investors and others at your local real estate investment club can yield extra properties per year. Some people have complained that one hour in travel is not worth going to a real estate club. If going to a real estate club made you an extra $20,000 a year is the travel and time worth it?

A Marketing Plan - The Thing That Makes Deals Happen!
by Ben Innes-Ker

You’re a Real Estate Entrepreneur or Investor, and you’re out there in the market place looking for deals. I have a question for you.

Are you doing a bit of advertising and just hoping that a deal will fall in your lap, or are you operating in a way that makes certain it will happen. If you don’t have a process for making sure deals happen, you don’t yet understand the importance of having a marketing plan.

I was speaking with someone the other day and he had some good ideas about creative places to post your house for sale. This can work in reverse as well.