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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

81: Generating Real Estate Leads Through Direct Mail with Michael Quarles

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2014

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we are excited to welcome back Michael Quarles to the show. Several weeks ago we talked with Michael about his story and spent most of the show discussing the topic of negotiation, never getting to one of the most important topics we wanted to discuss with Michael: marketing. Specifically, Michael is a wealth of knowledge on all things involving direct mail, so today we’re going to tap into that knowledge. Today, Michael is going to teach you everything you need to know to get started in successful direct mail marketing and attract leads that no one else can get. We cover everything from market research to creating a call-capture system and everything in between. This show will go down in the history of BiggerPockets as one of the most actionable shows to date! In This Show, We Cover: The ins and outs of whole-tailing Everything you ever wanted to know about direct mail The beauty of controlling who calls you through direct mail How to start marketing even if you only have $500 What to do in the face of rejection How much does a starter marketing budget cost? How BiggerPockets is like a beautiful woman How to do your market research Softwares that tell you what houses in your market have equity What filters to set in terms of lead generation Probate vs. absentee owners How to generate leads from bandit signs without EVER using them The 5 different types of direct mail The importance of using multiple types of mail Hand-written font vs. actual writing The biggest mistake people make in direct mail How many times should you repeat a mail sequence? The importance of setting up your call capture system How to memorize scripts and much, much more! Links Mentioned BP Podcast 077: Negotiating Your Way to 1000 Wholetail Real Estate Deals with Michael Quarles How to Write the Perfect Elevator Pitch in Under 10 Minutes! Tweetable Topics “I’m not a passive income earner, I’m a massive income earner.” (Tweet This!) “People don’t buy what you sell, they buy who you are.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Michael Michael’s BiggerPockets Profile Michael’s Website: http://www.yellowletters.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the BiggerPockets Podcast, Show 81.

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You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio,

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simplifying real estate for investors large and small.

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If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the

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height, you're in the right place. Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others who have

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benefited from bigger pocketsPockets.com.

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Your home for real estate investing online.

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What's going on everybody? This is Josh Dorkin, host,

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to the BiggerPockets podcast here with my co-host, the man, the myth. It's Brandon Turner.

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Hey, what's up?

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What's up, Brandon, how are you?

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I'm good. Hey, I got a serious question for you, very serious.

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Oh yeah, yeah, what's up?

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Yeah, what is your favorite movie?

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My favorite movie.

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Ooh, that's a tough one because it's fresh in my mind.

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I'm going to say Shawshank Redemption.

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Oh, okay. That's a good movie.

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But yeah, that's one of them.

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How about you?

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That thing you do, Tom Hanks movie from...

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Oh, stop.

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