*How a Post-It Note Helped Me Buy A House 🏡✨**

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*How a Post-It Note Helped Me Buy A House 🏡✨**

 A few years back, I spotted an old house during one of my drives. 🏚️ It was huge, full of potential, and I knew it would be a fantastic project to flip and I was so excited about the possibility of restoring it! The only problem? Tracking down the owners. 📞🔍

I scoured the tax rolls, hoping for a contact number, but nothing turned up. Every once in a while, I'd see people coming and going from the property, but I wasn’t able to catch them. I noticed there were printed flyers from wholesalers taped to the door. They looked like they had been there for some time. I didn’t want to do the same thing and I was sure the mass-printed flyer wasn’t going to work. I thought, why not add a personal touch and make it feel human?

I grabbed my trusty post-it note pad and wrote:

“Hey! I’m Jackie and I love your house and and was wondering if you would be interested in selling it. Call me at [my number].” 📮💛

Not long after, I received a call from an older gentleman, absolutely thrilled by my approach. He told me he’d been inundated with letters and cold calls from realtors and wholesalers but something about my simple, personal post-it note resonated with him. He invited me over and we had a Coke and he told me his back story and the story of the house. I stayed with him for over an hour and we talked like old friends. He then told me he didn’t think anyone would give him a fair price with the horrible condition it was in and I made him a fair (and a little higher than I normally would offer) because I could see the emotional attachment to the home. I didn’t want to offend him and I knew if I flipped it correctly there was plenty of room to profit. So I made him the offer and we signed right there. 🌟

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to rely on tech and efficiency—buying leads, and making 100 calls a day, all for a few hits. But here’s the kicker: personal touch works! While cold calling might give you a 2% success rate, my heartfelt post-it approach boasted a whopping 60% success rate to date! 🚀

So, here’s the takeaway for all fellow house-hunters and entrepreneurs out there:

**Don't underestimate the power of a personal touch.** Slow down, connect genuinely, and you might just find better success.

 Remember, sometimes it's worth it to step away from the streamlined processes and simply be human. 🌍🤝

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