Direct mailing is not a foreign word for real estate investors. In fact, direct mailing is now one of the popular strategies employed by successful real estate investors to find motivated sellers across the area. It may involve a lot of effort and time, but it is definitely cost-efficient. Plus, you can directly target motivated sellers with direct mail campaigns!

An example of a direct mail campaign would be to tap into fields wherein you can get referrals and exposure to targeted motivated sellers. For example, you can create a direct mail campaign addressed to lawyers that specialize in real estate law, general law, etc. These lawyers can refer many of their clients that are willing to sell their properties to you.

If you want to directly tap into your targeted market, however, yo can always look into these types of motivated sellers:

Multi-family apartments: You can look into small or large multi-family apartment buildings and see if there are motivated sellers there. What makes these people possible motivated sellers? It’s the fact that every family would want a home of their own and there is a probability of them moving from the apartment to another property.

Particular zip code areas: There may be areas near you that have high-quality and luxurious houses. These houses are great deals for real estate investors and there may be people there who will turn out be motivated sellers of such properties.

Preforeclosure properties: The foreclosure and preforeclosure markets are without a doubt the most active in the real estate business. There is no doubt there are motivated sellers among them. Regarding state and probate properties, you can expect some help from the mortgage companies because they will also benefit from the properties getting sold.

Out-of-state homeowners: You can expect many properties on sale with out-of-state owners. These are people who owns a property in your area while not living in it. The expenses and effort to maintain the property will propel them to sell the property after some time.

Quitclaimed property owners: There are some quitclaimed properties that only act as a burden for some people. The added expenses and burden may be too much for them, and the property may not really be needed at all. They would then opt to sell it, and these properties may turn out to be great deals.

Expired listings: Maintain a healthy relationship with realtors! You can get their help in finding motivated sellers by asking from them expired listings and deals that they just can’t sell.

Military transfers: This is a very good deal. When the military leases on of your properties, it is assumed that they will be the ones who will cover any damages, repairs, mortgages, and other payments incurred by the property. All you need to do is to add a clause in your lease agreement where you cannot penalize them for withholding rent or security deposits. This will enable the military to find another resident to live in the property if the former resident has to transfer to another area.

Vacant or abandoned properties: This is another source of great real estate deals. Vacant houses or abandoned properties may prove to be a burden for their owners, which makes them motivated sellers, too.

You can find a lot of motivated sellers out there, several in fact that you can opt to choose who to work with among them. And if you know where to look, then everything will just fall into place as you narrow down prospects and do the mail.

The contributor of this article is a webmaster from Agents of Value and is currently working on in Real Estate Investor Tips.