Low-Budget Marketing for the Newbie Real Estate Investor

Ok, so the money is tight so what....

This is for the typical newbie real estate investor or any level real estate investor as the saying goes where you don't have the time then spend the money. And if you don't have the money spend the you guessed it time. Why throw away marketing dollars in this crazy economy it's all about creativity. Yes to market on a low budget you have to consider who you want to target or the market, what you will use the media, and what am I going to say to the message.

What you will need for this low budget method. All products can be purched from a office supply store.

1. A pack of brightly colored card stock paper
2. A decent inkjet, laserjet, or officejet printer
3. Enough ink cartridges to print your desired number of pages
4. Microsoft Office or Open Office a free program like Microsoft Office.
5. Your imagination
6. A high quality paper cutter

Open up your office program and use your imagination to create your message set page size to 4.5 x 5.5 add 4 of the exact same sheets. Then when you print select print 4 sheets per page and scale to letter size. This is how I print out 4 little 4.5 x 5.5 cards a sheet.

What should your little cards say that is entirely up to you. Just think whether you are targeting buyers or sellers then adjust your message accordingly.

Once all of the cards are printed and cut disribute them in the neghborhoods you want to target here is where you can be creative.

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Canvas neighborhoods using http://maps.google.com it makes life a lot easier pick your target neighborhood then look for the places people will be like grocery stores etc., Also use google maps to check out neighborhoods before entering. It's a cool feature and if you use street view you can literally walk up the streets virtually to peek at property.

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And never forget where you don't have the money you should spend triple the time especially when it comes to marketing.

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It doesn't take a huge marketing budget to get started or pump up the marketing juice for your business. Have fun, be creative, have family and friends help out, double this method with a neighborhood you may be farming.

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