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Hey Moguls, Preston Ely here…
Let’s say you’re new to the real estate game and your budget is limited. Welcome to the club. This is how most people start and the goal is to generate enough cash to feed your marketing machine as fast as possible.
All you can do with no money is drive for dollars (scout select neighborhoods for fixer uppers) and network. The goal of networking, of course, is to build an army of bird dogs who will be your eyes and ears in an effort to locate motivated sellers.
You can talk to people 1-by-1 throughout your daily days (weird how they come that way), but why not leverage your efforts?
Why not advertise for them and recruit them 25-by-25?
Advertising used to cost money. That was until Craigslist came along.
I’m a big fan of Craigslist.
You will be too once you see the power of it.
Just recently, I needed to hire an audio/visual guy to help me out with one of my webinar recordings. I put an ad on Craigslist (for free), and literally 10 minutes later, someone emailed me and I hired him. I then proceeded to get about 50 more replies within the following week.
Do you know how expensive it is to advertise for employees in the local paper? Well neither do I. But I heard from a guy I know that it is not cheap.
This will work for recruiting bird dogs (salesmen) as well.
Here’s how ya do it.
1. Run a free ad on Craigslist for whatever city you want. It should say something to the effect of:
House Hunters Wanted!
Top Dollar Paid for leads on motivated sellers of single family homes!
Want to get into the real estate game with a limited budget?
This is the way to start!
Contact [email protected] for further details!
2. Once they contact you, simply give them the parameters of what they need to be looking for and what you are interested in buying. Give them some tips on how to find these people. If you’ve read my book, then you know what these tips are.
3. Give them your lead sheet (from my book ) and tell them to fill it out for every lead that they get and email it to you.
4. Repeat this process until you have to place another ad on Craigslist for someone to help you process all the leads that you don’t have time to get to.
5. Send me a check for this great advice. I work in multiples of a thousand normally. Everything else goes in a penny jar for a rainy day.
Got it?
Now go make it happen.
Gimme a Shout
I wanna hear about your success story. Talk to me in the comments section below.
Realize that Craigslist is your free friend.
Post a free ad for a bird dog using the info I provided in the lesson above.
Give your new hire some tips about the leads you want them to look for.
Provide them your lead sheet and have them fill it out and send it your way.
Repeat this process.
Place another free ad on Craigslist for someone to hire who will help you process the leads that’ll be coming in from your bird dog hire on Craigslist.
Preston Ely
is a real estate investor, serial entrepreneur, life coach, musician and philanthropist. CEO of Real Freedom, Inc, one of the most influential internet-based information publishers in the world, owns the largest Anytime Fitness Gym in the United States, is recording a music album with Atlantic Records, sits on the board of Advocates Of Love Orphanage, and has a non-profit charity assisting the poor and oppressed in Cuba with both their physical and spiritual needs.
With over 200,000 subscribers to his email newsletter, he is rapidly fulfilling his mission on earth, which is to glorify God by setting people physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually free through his music and his message of FREEDOM. Preston is 37 years old, lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Ashley, where he spends most of his time reading, writing, and practicing mixed martial arts.