One of the best ways to advertise and market for motivated sellers is by using what real estate investors call Bandit Signs. They are called bandit signs because you have to put them out at night on the sly! They are those plastic coroplast signs, 18×24 inches, you have seen posted on telephone poles at intersections. Classy? No.  Effective? Yes. In fact, the most effective advertising there is for real estate investors, hands down!

I can’t tell you how many times motivated sellers have driven by and saw our signs then called asking “I saw your sign, how does this work?” Bandit signs work great, most city ordinances do not like them littering up the side of the road and they have a point, they do look tacky. Nonetheless they work great.  If you call the city, this is what you say, “What times can we put out signs by our businesses for the weekend?” Usually they say put the signs out by Friday 5 pm and be sure to remove them by 8am Monday morning.

I cannot tell you how many deals I have gotten by bandit signs. The verbiage I use is “We Buy Houses” on the first line, and “CASH QUICK CLOSE” in 72 hrs” on the second line and the third line I put my phone number. Here is an example of what we use:

WE BUY HOUSES; CASH QUICK CLOSE;

We like to staple them up about 10 feet or higher on telephone poles so they are not easily removed except by us! Roofing nails work better than staples, you can find them at the hardware store. They are one to two inch nails with orange plastic washers prefitted. The plastic washers are about 1-2 inches in diameter and make it more difficult to pull the signs off. When you do have to remove them us a fillet knife to slice the sign in half. You know the 11 inch knife you use to fillet fish with, that’s the one, works like magic.

Put the signs up in your target or gold mine areas. The areas where you want to birdogg or scout for your wholesale house deals. You do not want to put several up together but spread them apart some, so they stay there and will not get removed as quickly.

Intersections are the best place to put them, this way while motivated sellers are waiting at the red light they can grab a pen and jot your phone number down or dial your number right then and there.

I hope this helps.  You get more deals as a new wholesale investor or birddog.

Happy Trails,
Bill Guerra

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