Where should you place your bandit sings and what should you write on them?

First let’s start with what you should write on them and is it better to have them Printed or hand written.

I’ve done both hand written and printed. I think that hand written signs get a better result. Not sure why that is but my thought is people think your not a big company and wont take advantage of them. Try them both and come to your own conclusion.

Now what to put on your sign, its really simply WE BUY HOUSES xxx-xxx-xxxx . That’s all you have to put on there the phone will ring off the hook with all different kinds of situations. People don’t have time to read a book on a bandit signs. Now there is one other phrase I like if your doing Subject To or sandwich Lease option. Which with the economy the way it is right now be careful. For those deals I put

We Buy Homes Little Or No Equity xxx-xxx-xxxx that will make the phones ring too.

Now where to place your signs. The best places for them are at the end of the on ramps or off ramps to major highways. There is a ton of traffic there and they are waiting on the light to turn. Other good places are at stop lights in town make sure you put them on all four corners off the street. You can also staple your signs to the telephone poles or use roofing nails and hammer them on the pole. Your signs will last longer on the poles.

Also make sure were ever you put your signs there is good visibility, you want to make sure that everone can see them.

Make sure to place them on Friday night or early Friday morning around 4:00 am. That’s when I do it. That way you have all weekend for your signs to be seen before the bandit police pull them on you ( city code enforcement ). Most of the time you will get a week out of them. To make bandit signs work you have to put a lot out I’m talking 20-30 a week. I know that sounds like a lot but trust me its worth it.

Good luck till next time.

Sean Marmoy

MOKSRealEstate.com

Bandit Signs are the cheapest and most effective way to market for a beginner by far. Bandit signs, that’s right bandit signs all those plastic corrugated signs you see out there, get it. I prefer hand written to printed signs. I’ve tried them both and the hand written ones are cheaper and work the same or better. You can look for a local place that sells them, 18 x 24 signs work best, get the blank ones. Also make sure what you get stands out too. I always cut then in half. Keep it simple, just put WE BUY HOUSES and your phone #, you really don’t need to put all that other stuff on them. Make sure you use a large permanent black marker. Make sure your words fill the whole sign to make best use of it. Print on both sides unless you are going to put them on telephone pools. You will get all different kinds of calls with different problems with their homes.

Although if you still want to get printed signs or you don’t have a local place here are a couple sites you can get them from. Need signs? Placement of signs is important too. You want to put them in high traffic areas. Like at merger intersections you want to put one on each side of the road. Put them on telephone poles high up so they won’t be pulled down. If you have a subdivision you are targeting make sure you are putting signs at all ingoing and outgoing entrances to the subdivision.
You must be willing to put at least 200 signs a month out to be successful. This shouldn’t cost you no more then 175-225 a month.

Good luck and don’t give up,

Sean Marmoy
MOKSRealEstate.com