Terrible Response from Bandit Signs

[koehler]

Please keep me in mind for any leads you get... I have a decent buyers list.

Eric

[xpandergt]

Brian

That is so ironic. I live in Finksburg and I have seen your signs several times. I was wondering if you had any success. Did you put your signs up at the Gateway shopping center? I have quite a few signs, but I put them up in Baltimore as I dont really do business in the city I live in. Glad you have had success.

Hey Koehler, I'm from Baltimore. I put out 25 signs Friday night on the west side.

[xpandergt]

Hey Brian, I'm from Baltimore. How many signs do you put out on a weekend? I normally do 20 to 25 depending on how lazy I get when Friday night comes around. My signs are blue on white white.

I'm in Carroll Co. The hardest thing about signs is putting them out. I'm noticing signs for different types of services everywhere and they stay up forever. I put out 50 about 2 weeks ago and Im still getting calls from them. Im getting ready to order another 100 signs. I think Im getting so many calls around here because there's no competition, also, a huge buyers market. I'm actually looking for lease options and Sub 2's and of course wholesale deals, however, wholesaling is more challenging here in Carroll Co.

The lack of competition you have brain could be because of investors have been told
not to use bandits signs which in turn left you the whole candy store to yourself. In Baltimore, I have competetion, but it isn't saturated competition which is good. I hope newbie investors and wholesalers continue to listen to other telling them not to use bandits signs, it just means more motivated sellers looking at my signs in BMORE!

[koehler]

Are you doing short sales? What is the situation of most of the potential sellers that are calling you? Do you farm out your "upside down" leads?

[The_Great_Martini]

You think you had it bad! I partnered with another investor who put up close to $500 for $250 signs and I put them out. I also put them out in November and got hardly anything from 250!! signs. The signs looked like this :

WE BUY HOUSES!
AVOID FORECLOSURE
MY PHONE #
24 Free recorded message
(white background, blue text, 18x24 professional print )

I will admit that this was probably not the best sign to use. It had too much text which made the sign look small and not stand out. I feel bad for the guy who paid for them but I was the one in the freezing night putting them out, maybe he had it best. Now I am doing less signs and keeping it simple.
WE BUY HOUSES
PHONE #
(yellow 18x24 handwritten)

I hope these provide more leads.