Hello,
I think you misunderstood. I do not run ads. I call owners. Sellers who want to "dump" thier houses place advertisment anywhere they can, reading the paper saves me from spending my money in placing ads, and there are always several to choose from. For example, last Sunday I called 4 ads listed in my local paper, of the four two were not interested in selling the property for what I offered and let me know that right up front, I appriciate that because it did not waste much of my time. The third wanted to massage the deal and spend time getting to know each other, which is fine, you can never have too many freinds. But the fourth, told me in the first 3 mins of the conversation that he wanted to get rid of the house ASAP, anyway he could. That is where great deals are made, Not in placing ads, but in responding to them.
I invested 25 mins of time and will close on one of the properties with in the next two weeks. The third call may take a few days to finalize. But, nevertheless, it was a good Sunday.
Please keep n mind that not every Sunday is like that, but how many would it take to get you where you want to be?
CLM