Some of you may remember a post I did last May called “Mr. Bottom Feeder”. I was marketing to this seller as part of my absentee owner mailings for a few months when he finally gave me a call.
He said he had owned this house since 1985 but had never been in it, had never done any repairs or updates, and he wasn't coming down on his (unreasonable) price.
He then told me “his terms”. As you can imagine, “his terms” were pretty unrealistic. His last words to me before hanging up (which was just before I threw his property information sheet in the trash) were “and I'm not dealing with any bottom feeders”. The conversation was actually quite comical in hindsight.
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An update; Mr. Bottom Feeder called again today, and he was considerably nicer.
This time he's blaming his daughter for leaving him stuck with this one property in my city. On the surface he seems like he's more motivated to sell. The last time he called refused to put me in touch with the property manager. He still won't tell me his name, but he is contacting him to see if there is a lock box on the house so I can take a look. I'm still not sure just how motivated he is, but he is definitely more motivated than the last time we spoke. Once again, this is the power of regular direct mail campaigns.
He's still demanding an unreasonable price, and he's still a jerk! Next!
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I guess we will just have to wait and see Bill. Apparently he had a low offer about the time I spoke with him last time that he turned down. My policy is that I continue to mail them until one of three things happens; I buy the house, someone else buys the house or they tell me to take them off my list. Pretty simple strategy. Once again, thanks for passing that story along.
I guess we will just have to wait and see Bill. Apparently he had a low offer about the time I spoke with him last time that he turned down. My policy is that I continue to mail them until one of three things happens; I buy the house, someone else buys the house or they tell me to take them off my list. Pretty simple strategy. Once again, thanks for passing that story along.
Yep, things change. Lives and circumstances change and this guy is leaning much closer to the motivated category. You bet regular direct marketing is powerful and I think short of a home owner yelling and telling me to never call them again, I’ll continue to send them cards or post cards until the cows home home. 🙂
Good stuff. Good job and hopefully Mr. Bottom Feeder will rise to the opportunity..lol
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Some of you may remember a post I did last May called “Mr. Bottom Feeder”. I was marketing to this seller as part of my absentee owner mailings for a few months when he finally gave me a call.
Yes it does. No matter what, we have us a couple of good stories!
This kinda reminds me of my “Mr. No Monkey Offers” guy…. things definitely change over time!
I guess we will just have to wait and see Bill. Apparently he had a low offer about the time I spoke with him last time that he turned down. My policy is that I continue to mail them until one of three things happens; I buy the house, someone else buys the house or they tell me to take them off my list. Pretty simple strategy. Once again, thanks for passing that story along.
I guess we will just have to wait and see Bill. Apparently he had a low offer about the time I spoke with him last time that he turned down. My policy is that I continue to mail them until one of three things happens; I buy the house, someone else buys the house or they tell me to take them off my list. Pretty simple strategy. Once again, thanks for passing that story along.
Yep, things change. Lives and circumstances change and this guy is leaning much closer to the motivated category. You bet regular direct marketing is powerful and I think short of a home owner yelling and telling me to never call them again, I’ll continue to send them cards or post cards until the cows home home. 🙂
Good stuff. Good job and hopefully Mr. Bottom Feeder will rise to the opportunity..lol