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Probate Monday: Using A Greeting Card Envelope

November 16, 2010 by Scott Costello 5 Comments

Today I put my November probate mailers into the mailbox for delivery. This mailing is the first of my test run using greeting card envelopes. My goal is to try and get more people to open them up and improve on my 4% response rate so far. With the holidays coming I am [...]

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Repair Cost Summary

October 20, 2010 by Scott Costello 9 Comments

This weekend was a productive weekend as I went out to visit the Tall Timber house with Lance (a fellow student of Jon Zorrer’s). Lance is pretty good with spotting what needs to be repaired and together we came up with a repair cost for this house. With our estimates, it turned out it was [...]

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Simple Way To Get A Better Response From Your Probate Letters

September 29, 2010 by Scott Costello 15 Comments

I just got finished watching a webinar given by Vena Jones-Cox about Marketing. Over all it was very informative and gave me some good reminders about how to properly market to sellers. I don’t want to rehash the entire lesson, but I do want to touch on some key points that I’m going to incorporate [...]

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A Call From My September Mailing At Last

September 28, 2010 by Scott Costello 5 Comments

With every call I get I know I’m getting closer and closer to my first deal. I had pretty much given up on getting any immediate calls from my September mailing. I usually get a quick 3 to 4 calls and then a few trickle in during the following weeks. All you can do is [...]

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Probate Monday: Using the Money Else Where?

September 20, 2010 by Scott Costello 11 Comments

I’ve yet to receive any calls from my latest probate mailing which is a bit discouraging. I’ve always gotten a few but for some reason this time I’ve gotten the big ZERO! I know I’ll eventually get a deal if I keep at it, but I’m closing in on a year and haven’t gotten much. [...]

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