Jul 27, 2023
When you're flipping a house, do you REALLY need to pull a permit?
On Justin's first flip he didn't pull a permit and tried to do his renovations quickly, which makes for a great story for us to learn from. Let's just say his answer to the age old question has flipped around since that deal.
Justin is the head of Ballpoint Marketing and Call Porter, two companies they use in their own real estate investing businesses (operating in multiple states) that you can put to work in your business as well.
Ballpoint Marketing - Handwritten (by robots) direct mailing service for real estate investors https://reiclub.com/Ballpoint
CallPorter - US based call answering service for handling inbound phone calls from motivated sellers https://reiclub.com/CallPorter
⏰ TIME STAMPS ⏰
00:00 Justin Dossey - Ballpoint Marketing
00:45 Call Porter & Ballpoint Marketing
02:00 Why Direct Mail Is Coming Back
05:00 Omnipresent Marketing
06:30 Adding value BEFORE the sale
07:12 Relational Sales vs Hard Push Sales
08:42 Big Data & Direct Mail Response Rates
11:52 Flipping Condos
16:36 What NOT to do in Real Estate
20:40 Should you pull a building permit?
22:02 Direct Mail + Inbound Call handlers
25:09 Real Estate Investing Challenges
29:18 The Obstacle Is The Way
Watch This Video on REIClub.com:
https://reiclub.com/real-estate-podcasts/flipping-houses-need-a-permit