This guy knocked on my door yesterday and within 10 seconds I knew that he would one day become wealthy.
How?
Some backstory. My mom inherited my grandpa’s house and it has sat abandoned for over 20 years.
We get 5 letters a week asking to buy the abandoned house. We have seen every sales letter that every real estate guru totes as "the best sales letter".
The “hand written” letter. The colorful letter. The penny attached to the letter. The CASH 4 YOUR HOUSE letter.
TRASH. TRASH. Thanks for the penny… TRASH. TRASH.
This guy knocks on the door yesterday.
NOBODY knocks on my door. Not. Even. MORMONS.
I was naked and chilling home alone. I decide against answering the door naked and throw on some sweatpants and a t-shirt.
“Hi, does the Spyt family live here. I have a cash offer for the house on <address>. ”
My jaw hit the floor.
ZERO people have knocked on the door and offered to buy the house.
20 YEARS.
ZERO PEOPLE. Zip. Zero. Nada.
“Uh, sure. Just write your number and an offer and we’ll get back to you.”
He wrote the offer and his number. I showed it to my parents.
They didn’t want it.
That’s not important.
I showed my parents the offer. MY PARENTS SAW AN OFFER.
In 20 years they NEVER called any number they got in the mail.
This guy’s offer made it to the decision maker.
What Can We Learn From This Guy?
1. Grab life by the balls. On this forum everyone says to pick up the phone. When you get denied over the phone go out and knock on their door. The worst that could happen is they say no… or they answer the door naked.
2. Go straight to the decision maker. This guy knew that 99% of those sales letters get thrown in the trash and everybody ignores the “We Buy Houses” signs. He went and knocked on the door of the decision maker. No one had knocked in 20 YEARS and it literally took 10 minutes to knock. Even in the housing bubble not a single person bothered to knock on the door.
3. Be willing to offer value on the spot. This guy was willing to offer 75,000 on the spot for the house. I’m lazy and don’t want to pick up the phone. This guy came to my door and offered my parents tremendous value for something they didn’t pay for or use. Free money. Who would say no?
PS: His offer was $75,000 for a 20 year abandoned house worth $200,000 FIXED UP. An offer every slowlaner would take. Not enough for my fastlane family. I convinced my parents to write me a wholesale contract for $90,000. I can easily sell it for $100,000 and maybe $110,000 if I follow my own advice. A 20k profit for me. 90k profit for my parents. A win-win. The house needs 40k-50k in work and my parents don't want that headache, so selling it makes more sense.
How?
Some backstory. My mom inherited my grandpa’s house and it has sat abandoned for over 20 years.
We get 5 letters a week asking to buy the abandoned house. We have seen every sales letter that every real estate guru totes as "the best sales letter".
The “hand written” letter. The colorful letter. The penny attached to the letter. The CASH 4 YOUR HOUSE letter.
TRASH. TRASH. Thanks for the penny… TRASH. TRASH.
This guy knocks on the door yesterday.
NOBODY knocks on my door. Not. Even. MORMONS.
I was naked and chilling home alone. I decide against answering the door naked and throw on some sweatpants and a t-shirt.
“Hi, does the Spyt family live here. I have a cash offer for the house on <address>. ”
My jaw hit the floor.
ZERO people have knocked on the door and offered to buy the house.
20 YEARS.
ZERO PEOPLE. Zip. Zero. Nada.
“Uh, sure. Just write your number and an offer and we’ll get back to you.”
He wrote the offer and his number. I showed it to my parents.
They didn’t want it.
That’s not important.
I showed my parents the offer. MY PARENTS SAW AN OFFER.
In 20 years they NEVER called any number they got in the mail.
This guy’s offer made it to the decision maker.
What Can We Learn From This Guy?
1. Grab life by the balls. On this forum everyone says to pick up the phone. When you get denied over the phone go out and knock on their door. The worst that could happen is they say no… or they answer the door naked.
2. Go straight to the decision maker. This guy knew that 99% of those sales letters get thrown in the trash and everybody ignores the “We Buy Houses” signs. He went and knocked on the door of the decision maker. No one had knocked in 20 YEARS and it literally took 10 minutes to knock. Even in the housing bubble not a single person bothered to knock on the door.
3. Be willing to offer value on the spot. This guy was willing to offer 75,000 on the spot for the house. I’m lazy and don’t want to pick up the phone. This guy came to my door and offered my parents tremendous value for something they didn’t pay for or use. Free money. Who would say no?
PS: His offer was $75,000 for a 20 year abandoned house worth $200,000 FIXED UP. An offer every slowlaner would take. Not enough for my fastlane family. I convinced my parents to write me a wholesale contract for $90,000. I can easily sell it for $100,000 and maybe $110,000 if I follow my own advice. A 20k profit for me. 90k profit for my parents. A win-win. The house needs 40k-50k in work and my parents don't want that headache, so selling it makes more sense.
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