Craigslist! An easy and successful way that you should consider using to sell your tax sale investment properties! Watch this quick video to find out why!
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Hey guys! Casey Denman here with TaxSaleAcademy.com. In this video, we’re talking about using Craigslist to sell your tax sale properties.
A lot of people overlook Craigslist when it comes to selling real estate. They think Craigslist is just a place to sell old junk cars or trinkets and that kind of thing. Well, Craigslist can be a great selling platform for your lower value tax sale properties.
To utilize Craigslist properly, you really have to understand Craigslist. First and foremost, and probably the great thing about it, is that it is absolutely free. Now, along with that, because it’s free, there are a lot of people that use Craigslist, which means there are a lot of other listings there.
So what happens is once you put your listing in, as soon as you enter it, it will go to the top of the page. Once somebody else enters a listing, it will go to the top of the page, which means your listing is scooted down. So the older your listing, the lower it goes on the page, which means the less likely it is to be seen.
We have to think about it like Google, for instance. If you google something, more than likely, you’re going to pick the first, second or third one. If it’s the tenth one or on the tenth or fifteenth page, it’s possible that you will probably never see it.
The same thing with Craigslist here; it moves down. So the idea here is to either get something out there that can get a lot of attention very quickly or to repost it every couple of days.
Now, when you put your ads on Craigslist, it doesn’t have to be fancy. It doesn’t need to be some sort of crazy ad that you design somewhere. You don’t have to be some sort of graphic artist or anything. You just need to have a few basic things.
First of all, you need to come up with a good headline. And the best way to do this is to browse Craigslist. Browse the real estate listings in that particular area and see what catches your eye. Which one do you want to click on? Which one garners your attention? Use a headline similar to that headline for your post.
Second of all, you need to have quality information. Put the size in there. Put all the information you can in there. You don’t want to have pages and pages of information, but pick out the main points. Have a paragraph or maybe two paragraphs explaining what the property is, the size, the value and all that good stuff. You also want to have quality pictures here. Craigslist allows you to put four pictures in there. So use all four spots and put quality pictures in.
And of course, one of the great things about Craigslist is you will get a lot of traffic, but if your property is priced too high, they’re going to look over it. So have a great price on your property. When you have a great price, when you have a good headline, good quality information and good photos, you’re going to get some sort of responses.
Now, .. because you’re going to have to weed those people out and there are going to be people just curious and that kind of thing, but it is very possible that you’ll get a very serious or very interested buyer. I’ve sold dozens and dozens of properties utilizing Craigslist, which is a free avenue. You don’t have to pay a commission, you don’t have to pay any fees or anything like that. So it’s a very, very powerful resource. It gets a lot of traffic compared to a lot of the other sites. So consider utilizing Craigslist for your lower value properties.
With that said, you’re not going to get $15,000, $20,000, $30,000 for a piece of property. But if you have a piece of property less than say $5,000, Craigslist is a great avenue to sell it.
So I hope this has helped you out. If you’d like more information about the very lucrative tax sale business, head on over to my website at TaxSaleAcademy.com. And you can do this by clicking the blue link right here next to my head. Again, it will take you to TaxSaleAcademy.com.
Have a great day, folks! Take care! Bye-bye.