Marketing Paying Off

[JaredfromIndiana]

We have been mailing to obits for about 4 weeks now with no calls yet. We finally got our first call on Thursday. Kirk called us and said that his father passed away a few weeks ago and he and his two brothers inherited the house and had NO idea what to do with it. We set up an appointment and met him on Friday.

We met with Kirk and went through the house. ARV is $90,000. The house needs a TON of work. All new windows, flooring, roof, kitchen, 2 baths, furnace, AC, water heater, etc. Structurally sound and a great layout, but needs a lot of work. I have a budget put together and am going to make an offer Monday morning. Here's the part the got me.

As we inspected the house we listened to Kirk talk about his dad and all of his accomplishments. He was a WW2 bomber pilot, an expert carpenter, and an all around great guy. We went trough his old music room with all of his stereo equipment and old 8 tracks and vinyl records... it was great hearing Kirk talk about how proud he was of his father. I hope someday my son talks about me like that.

Kirk said that after the funeral and a few days of mourning he headed over to the house and was looking for some direction on what to do. Then he said that he checked the mailbox and found our we buy houses postcard and that he felt a huge weight released off of his shoulders. He said that he was thankful to find somebody to help him get this house off of his hands becuase neither he or his brothers had time to deal with it. They just wanted a little cash out of it and wanted to move on....

That blew me away. I finally get it. If you know me well you know that I am a slow learner. Steve can tell me 100 things but until I experience it I don't completely get it. I just experienced how we can help people in a way that I wasn't quite open to. Well, I am now.
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[thohome]

Well Jared I would say You have fell upon a wonderful new line of work. There are alot of people out there wanting to get rid of there parents home when they have left us and do not have a clue as to where to start. I am sorry to say that when my father died and he has 6 kids the house was already in such disrepair that none of us wanted it and the back taxes fell behind and it since as fallen in. It breaks my heart in a sad sense but none of us had the financial backing to fix it up. I think you will be doing alot of people a great service.

[badmomma]

Good job Jared I am so happy that you are getting a good start.
I would have been scared but it sounds like with some thought and
real effort anything can be done.
I am glad to see that you are able to really help people in their time
of need. Bless you for being their and listening to the mans stories about
his dad. It makes a difference in how well people respond to you. If you
don't care they know it and will find someone else. Good job and keep it
up.

[Lady Flipper]

Great idea Jared.

I'll bet this will work for you for some time to come.