Jill Friday – After 30 days We are Getting Land Deals Done From the Road (LA 1862)

Jill Friday - After 30 days We are Getting Land Deals Done From the Road (LA 1862) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Three, two... Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I am Jill DeWit broadcasting from one of the largest football rivalry states in the country. As this airs, it is Friday, September 30th, I happen to know that Michigan State will play Maryland tomorrow and U of M will play Iowa. And in case you're not sure, the big rivalry game between the two Michigan, Michigan and Michigan State, will happen on October 29th this year. So just getting that out of the way. Boy, have I learned, there's a big difference whether you wear green, or blue and gold around here, green and white, or blue and gold. And we wear green and white, and I've bought more green and white. Steven Jack Butala: We've earned it, by the way. A lot of people wear those colors, they don't know anything. I don't understand that. People I've met, "Oh, I'm a Michigan fan." Really? Why'd you go there? Oh no, I'm just a Michigan fan, diehard Michigan fan. Jill K DeWit: Anyway, it's been fun. Southern California wasn't as much into it as... Oh, no. Not like here. Steven Jack Butala: I don't think they [inaudible 00:01:35] Jill K DeWit: USC, UCLA. Steven Jack Butala: Sports are not their integral part of the world there. Not just Michigan, everyone is Green Bays up here, all over the Midwest. Jill K DeWit: You don't see it like you do. Even in Arizona with U of A, ASU, you see it, but not as prevalent as here. Steven Jack Butala: I have a lot to say about this. I'm not going to say anything. Today is Jill Friday and she's going to talk about, well, after 30 days of on the road, how it's going, getting land deals done. Jill K DeWit: I can tell. Steven Jack Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the Landinvestors.com online community, it's free. And hope you know by now, we own and operate this website called parcelfact, F-A-C-T, .com in response to back in the day us having a difficult time finding property without a post office address, 123 Main Street. All we had was state in the county that it was in and an assessor's parcel number. Well, we built a site around that information and now within seconds, while you're on the phone with the seller, you can get the information that you need about where these properties are quickly. Jill K DeWit: It's amazing. You can just pop it in. And this is what I do all the time. I have parcelfact.com open on my computer, I have it on one screen, and my email on another screen, a call comes up from a seller, put in state county APN because that's all there is, and I can make sure I'm talking to the right person. I can physically see the property. With one button, I can drop it into Google Earth Pro, drop a man down on the ground, even get real good visuals and check out slope and all kinds of amazing... We have flood maps on ParcelFact, lots of different views. And I get all the tax information, sale information, legal zoning, dream it up, it's all right there. It's amazing. Matt wrote neighbor letters, question mark, I have an in inexpensive property from a kill the deal offer. I think I can get it for 19,000. I know neighbor mailers are a standard practice and I think they're a fantastic way to spread local word of mouth. I'm going to send 10 to 20 of the closest owners for sure, but then how far out do I go? Should I use the data tree map view to draw a polygon and mail them within a set area? Should I use a data tree map view and then double click and select likely buyers, instead of drawing a circle, and then click through them all and see? Should I just mail the closest of 20 and then maybe pockets on the way to town? Are 100 too many or are they too few? Is there an obvious answer that I'm missing?