Mailers that Yield Results and Ones that Don’t (CFFL 314)

Mailers that Yield Results and Ones that Don't Jack Butala: Mailers that Yield Results and Ones that Don't. Every Single month we give away a property for free. It's super simple to qualify. Two simple steps. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and number two, get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening. Speaker 1: Jack Butala with Jill DeWitt. Speaker 2: Hey. Speaker 1: Welcome to our show today. In this episode Jill and I talk about mailers that yield results and ones that don't. I love this topic. Before we get into Jill, let's talk a question posted by one of our members on Land Academy's free online community. Speaker 2: Cool. Kathleen asked "How much slope is too much slope? I'm looking at a 40 acre parcel that is literally on the side of a mesa, has great views but a gradient of about 23% which equates to," she's a math pro here "13 degrees throughout the parcel. Is this sell-able?" Speaker 1: Kathleen, you're brilliant by the way. We were talking about you this weekend. We were talking about strong women. Speaker 2: Yeah, we were. Speaker 1: Professional, intelligent women. Jill's literally making a list because she's putting together an inspirational group of women for women. Am I supposed to not talk about that, maybe? Speaker 2: You kind of did! Speaker 1: Anyways, your name came up. Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker 1: May I answer this question? Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker 1: 40 acres is massive, by the way. We don't know that. There's 43,000 square feet in an acre. 4-3-5-6-0. Think about your house. If you're a normal person you live in a 1,200-2,000 square foot house. If you're crazy rich, you live in a 4-8,000 square foot house. An acre is 43,000 feet! Multiply that times 40. It's 1.7 million square feet. Do you think that you can find a pad that's flat on that piece of property? Yes, or you can engineer it. Speaker 2: Work with. Speaker 1: Yeah, you can engineer it to put an RV or a structure on there, or whatever. I don't want to sounds silly but I actually think this is a positive attribute than versus a flat property that you know, looks like you're on the moon. Speaker 2: Exactly. Speaker 1: I think this is, 13 degrees or 23% gradient, it sounds like a lot but no, I think that there's people that specifically seek this kind of property out. Speaker 2: Right, we talked about that a little bit too recently. We had a property that was very similar and Jack you were brilliant, you be upfront and you're honest. Somebody marketed it as it has a protective ridge. Speaker 1: Right. Speaker 2: Everybody loved that. Speaker 1: Yeah. Speaker 2: They really did. When you look at it that way, there is a ridge to protect with some wind and people aren't going to build right there. Speaker 1: Sure. Speaker 2: It's like you back up against gorgeous scenery. Speaker 1: You can picture it, it's right out of a Western. If you see a lot of the little cabin-like Western frontier houses have protection like that. Speaker 2: Exactly so that, what you're talking about Kathleen, in our world is an attribute. Speaker 1: Yeah. We bought a property one time a long time ago on accident. This was before Google Earth and it was literally the side of the Grand Canyon and a rock climber bought it. For whatever reason, that guy wanted to climb on land that he owned. Speaker 2: Exactly. Speaker 1: I don't know if that ever happened. I asked him to film it and stuff but we just never reconnected after I sold it. This was a lot of years ago. If you have a question or you want to be on the show, reach out to either one of us on Land Academy's free online community. Today's topic which is the meat of the show: Mailers that yield results and ones that don't How do we know this? Because I've done it all wrong. Now we do it right. Speaker 2: Exactly, and now we save you. Speaker 1: Jill, take it away.