Backyard Land Buying|Perfect Mailer Response (LA 1973) - a podcast by Steven Butala & Jill DeWit

Join Steven Jack Butala and Jill DeWit in episode 1,973 as they discuss buying land locally and share insights into the perfect mailer responses from sellers. This conversation is a glimpse into the Land Academy community's Career Path program. Visit our Land Academy Member Discord Forum at landacademy.com/discord or reach out at support@landacademy.com with your questions. Don't miss these valuable land investing insights. Tune in now!

Transcript:Steven Jack Butala:
I am Steven Jack Butala.Jill K DeWit:
And I'm Jill DeWit, and this is the Land Academy show.

Steven Jack Butala:This is episode number 1,973, and today we are talking about buying land in your backyard. Super, super good idea for a bunch of reasons. And a little bit later, Jill's going to talk about the perfect mailer response from sellers. We send out all this mail, how many people call back and say,"Yeah, sure. I'm going to buy it,"how many people call back and say,"Go pound sand,"and on and on and on, and what to really, from a reality standpoint, expect according to Jill.

Jill K DeWit:Got it. And this came up because of what you're seeing in Discord more, or just Career Path stuff?

Steven Jack Butala:This is Career Path. So Jill and I are now in the very beginning of instructing... Career Path I guess is closed, right?

Jill K DeWit:Seven and eight, yeah.

Steven Jack Butala:And we're instructing the eighth Career Path, about 20 people actually, and it's very, very interesting to really see in a real amount of serious depth and detail where people are in their careers. We have people in there that send three, 400,000 mailers out and we have people that are just starting their career out, and so when you get them all in one kind of Zoom room together, you can see... It's my way personally of keeping my pulse in a great way on what's happening out there.

Jill K DeWit:I feel like Career Path starts like this: We have this and this and at the end... You know what I mean? We all kind of come together at the same point at the end. Does that make sense? You might be start Career Path thinking,"Wow. Spending $10,000 on a property for me is a lot. You want me to spend $100,000 on a property?"And then the end of Career Path, you're like,"I just got this back. It's $150,000. Let's do it."And it's funny because I can say,"Do you hear what you just said?"They're like,"Yep. Now I'm very comfortable dealing with those numbers."Steven Jack Butala:
It removes a lot of inhibitions and concerns because when you co-mingle people who've been doing this really successfully with brand new people, the new people... We have a couple in Career Path right now that are fantastic at locating deals.

Jill K DeWit:Well, and it's not like they're new, it's just a different dollar amount, different property type and things like that too.

Steven Jack Butala:Each week on the show, we answer questions from our Land Academy Member Discord Forum, review land acquisitions from our weekly member webinars and take a deep dive into land-related topics by popular requests. If you want to sneak peek of our Discord forum, go to landacademy.com. It's free.

Jill K DeWit:Or by the way too, if you would like us to answer your question or need some help getting involved in our community, simply send us a note to support@landacademy.com. All right. Greg wrote,"My friend is looking at buying some land-"Steven Jack Butala:
I have to preface this question.Jill K DeWit:
Okay.Steven Jack Butala:
I kind of put this in here to get Jill's juices going because it's-

Jill K DeWit:Looks like I already got your juices going this morning. Now is it my turn?

Steven Jack Butala:It's a topic that's near and dear to both of our hearts.

Jill K DeWit:All right. Okay. So Greg wrote,"My friend is looking at buying some land on Zillow. The seller has a realtor,"Got it,"Anyone have success in buying from a realtor but not being represented by a realtor?

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