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Nearly 30% of CMA request leads transact within 12 months, making home value reports one of the most effective tools for generating future business. This direct mail campaign captures attention with the hook, “Have you received your 2024 home value report yet?”—a question that implies homeowners should already have this information, encouraging them to reach out.
The letter highlights the limitations of online tools, which often fail to capture market nuances and lead to inaccurate estimates. To strengthen the message, include a real example. Replace the placeholder $XX,XXX with a client story where an online estimate undervalued their home. Real-life proof builds credibility and reinforces the value of your expertise.
Nearly 30% of CMA request leads transact within 12 months, making home value reports one of the most effective tools for generating future business. This direct mail campaign captures attention with the hook, “Have you received your 2024 home value report yet?”—a question that implies homeowners should already have this information, encouraging them to reach out.
The letter highlights the limitations of online tools, which often fail to capture market nuances and lead to inaccurate estimates. To strengthen the message, include a real example. Replace the placeholder $XX,XXX with a client story where an online estimate undervalued their home. Real-life proof builds credibility and reinforces the value of your expertise.
Our sixth letter, 'Let’s Reimagine How Your Home Is Sold,' is the final touchpoint in the 30-day sequence. It emphasizes creativity and strategy, showing the homeowner that selling their home requires more than just putting it on the market—it requires innovation. This letter sets you apart from other agents by highlighting the advanced tactics and marketing tools you bring to the table.
Letter 4, 'Why Your Home Didn’t Sell—and How to Fix It,' takes the conversation deeper. It identifies potential reasons their home didn’t sell and introduces a specific solution: the Professional Listing Review. This letter combines empathy with actionable value, inviting the homeowner to explore how minor changes could lead to major results. It’s an important part of the sequence, transitioning from trust-building to offering practical help.
The best marketing connects with your audience by addressing their unique situations and challenges. Customers aren’t one-size-fits-all—they’re a mix of life stages, from newlyweds to retirees, each with specific needs and motivations. The smartest agents know that niching down their message is the fastest way to drive up their revenue.
One niche you might be overlooking? Downsizers. A recent survey by Bright MLS found that 6% of homeowners over 60 plan to sell this year, with downsizing as their number one reason. By crafting messaging that speaks directly to their pain points—like rising costs, excess space, or the desire for simpler living—you can position yourself as the go-to agent for this high-potential market.
The best marketing connects with your audience by addressing their unique situations and challenges. Customers aren’t one-size-fits-all—they’re a mix of life stages, from newlyweds to retirees, each with specific needs and motivations. The smartest agents know that niching down their message is the fastest way to drive up their revenue.
One niche you might be overlooking? Downsizers. A recent survey by Bright MLS found that 6% of homeowners over 60 plan to sell this year, with downsizing as their number one reason. By crafting messaging that speaks directly to their pain points—like rising costs, excess space, or the desire for simpler living—you can position yourself as the go-to agent for this high-potential market.
We've included 4 different Canva templates for you to choose from (or A/B test).
If you want to grab attention and convert curiosity into action, this campaign is your blueprint.
It’s built around three powerful marketing tactics designed to engage and persuade: Small Agreements, Objection Handling, and the Power of a Client Case Study.
By inviting homeowners to take a simple, no-pressure step—like texting for a free home value report—it lowers barriers, builds trust, and encourages incremental commitment.
At the same time, it proactively addresses a common objection: “I don’t want to sell my home,” reframing the conversation to focus on clarity and future possibilities.
Including a real client success story—selling a home for $25,000 over Zestimate—adds credibility and proves your expertise, making your offer even more compelling.
Together, these strategies create a message that inspires action and helps you win your next listing.
Pro-Tip: Add your client’s testimonial in the P.S. to build even more credibility and trust.
As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to pause, reflect, and get ready for what’s next. To make the most of this quieter season, we’ve created the ListingLeads.com End-of-Year Marketing Checklist—a simple and effective way to fine-tune your brand and set yourself up for success in the New Year.
This checklist is your go-to guide for tackling those tasks that often get overlooked during busier months, such as:
- Fixing broken links.
- Updating your bios.
- Cleaning up your database.
…and more!
In just a few focused hours, you can complete these steps and enter 2025 with your brand in top shape. While others scramble to catch up, you’ll already be ahead of the game—armed with a solid plan to make this your best year yet.
So, take a moment to get started. You’ll be glad you did when the New Year rolls around.
Enjoy the holidays! We’re excited to help you hit the ground running when we’re back on January 2nd.
Let’s make 2025 amazing together!
The last letter in this campaign, 'A Lot Has Changed,' is a 6-month follow-up designed to re-engage homeowners who didn’t relist earlier. It acknowledges the time that has passed and highlights how the market has shifted in their favor. This letter is all about rekindling interest and offering a fresh perspective, positioning you as the go-to agent when they’re ready to relist.
Letter 5 in the sequence is 'Before You Relist, Do This First.' At this stage, the homeowner is beginning to see the value in a strategic relisting. This letter offers a detailed market analysis as a key step before making their next move. It’s designed to position you as a resourceful and knowledgeable partner, providing the clarity they need to make an informed decision.
Letter 3 in our campaign is 'Persistence and Proven Results.' This is where you build trust through storytelling. By sharing a specific success story, you show the homeowner that selling after an expired listing is not only possible but also achievable with the right approach. This letter reinforces your persistence and commitment, showing them that you’ll go the extra mile to get results.
This is the second letter in the campaign: 'The Biggest Mistake Expired Listings Make.' Now that you’ve established empathy with the homeowner in Letter 1, this letter shifts the focus to education. It identifies a critical mistake many sellers make—relisting without a strategy—and positions you as the expert who can help them avoid it. This letter is all about building credibility and gently challenging their assumptions about what it takes to sell a home.
Welcome to the first letter in our expired listings campaign: 'The Frustration of an Unsold Home.' This letter sets the tone for the entire sequence. It acknowledges the homeowner’s frustration, validates their experience, and positions you as a solution-oriented agent. It’s designed to open the door for meaningful engagement by addressing the emotional pain points many expired homeowners feel. Use this letter to establish trust and empathy right from the start.
Expired listings present one of the most profitable and overlooked opportunities in real estate. These homeowners are motivated—they’ve already made the decision to sell, invested time and energy, and now feel frustrated and let down by the process. By focusing on expired listings, you can position yourself as the solution they’ve been waiting for.
Here’s why this niche should be a cornerstone of your business:
1. The Numbers Speak for Themselves
Based on available data, nearly 40% of expired listings are relisted within the first 30 days, and many of these homeowners choose to work with a new agent. That’s your window of opportunity. By targeting this group early, with the right messaging and strategy, you can establish trust and secure listings before your competition.
But it doesn’t stop there. Some homeowners take longer to re-engage, which is why a long-term follow-up approach—like our 6-month campaign—can capture those who are ready later.
2. High Intent, Frustrated Sellers
Unlike other lead sources, expired listing homeowners are already committed to the idea of selling. Their frustration isn’t with the idea of moving—it’s with the process that failed them.
These sellers are looking for:
- A proactive agent who can deliver results.
- A fresh strategy that avoids the mistakes of their first attempt.
- Clarity on what went wrong and how to fix it.
When you show empathy, expertise, and persistence, you stand out as the agent who can turn their situation around.
3. A Problem You Can Solve
The primary reasons listings fail to sell are:
- Pricing: The home wasn’t priced correctly for the market.
- Marketing: The home wasn’t effectively marketed to the right buyers.
- Presentation: The home didn’t appeal to buyers visually or emotionally.
With your expertise, these problems are solvable. By targeting expired listings, you’re working with sellers who need your skills—not just someone to list their home again.
Expired listings are a goldmine of opportunity, but success requires more than just sending out a postcard and hoping for the best. It’s about empathy, persistence, and offering clear solutions. With the data we’ve gathered and the systematic approach outlined here, you can turn expired listings into a cornerstone of your real estate business—and build a reputation as the agent who gets results.
Let’s dive into the sequence and strategies that will set you apart in this lucrative niche!
This is a hidden-gem of a campaign. Right now, most people ONLY circle prospect on their sales but if you think about it – you can do this for you buyers as well. That’s why we love the Buyer Circle Prospecting Letter. When you help a buyer find a home, tell all the neighbors about the story. This position you as a local expect and helps you start more conversations with prospective sellers.
This sales letter works because it’s timely, relevant, and low-pressure. It starts by grabbing attention with a 12% jump in mortgage applications—a statistic that feels significant, especially when paired with the 52% year-over-year increase. This creates curiosity and positions you as a knowledgeable expert.
It’s effective because it connects the data to the reader’s situation. By highlighting the growing pool of buyers and how it could lead to more offers and higher prices, it gives homeowners a reason to consider their options.
The call-to-action is simple: “Text me your address.” It feels personal, easy, and offers immediate value—a professional home value report. Even if they’re not planning to sell, it’s worth it to stay informed. The calm, conversational tone builds trust without any pressure, making it more likely they’ll take action.
This letter stands out because it delivers useful information, offers real value, and makes it easy for homeowners to respond.
We created this campaign for you because it's important to become an advocate for the consumer.
By providing advice through the lens of being a champion of the consumer, you can create build trust.
We'd recommend using this in your next mass-mailing camapaign to your farm.
My friend, Nik Shewmaker send out 80 letters and has already received 2 Come List Me calls. 80 letters. 2 come list me calls.
Do I need to say more?
Ok, I will :)
This is a campaign known as the ZMA letter. It’s a simple, but highly effective marketing campaign that helps you start a conversation with prospective sellers.
Now, the 10% doesn’t matter. It could be 2%, 7.5% or would you sell at this number?
It’s all designed to create a conversation with the seller.
If you ask any agent who’s been successful marketing to expired listings, they’ll tell you that it’s vital to stay consistent with your marketing – make the calls, send the emails and mail the letters.
The agent who stays persistent wins.
So I’ve created another letter you can use, in addition to our Expired Letter, to help you stand-out in a crowded market.
By contrasting the outdated, passive approach of "homes that sit" with the proactive, high-impact strategies of "homes that sell," we don't just highlight the services we offer—we show sellers that their home deserves the best. We validate their desire for a successful sale by providing proof that with the right approach, they can achieve a higher sale price, faster.
This messaging isn't just about listing features; it's about instilling confidence. It reassures sellers that by choosing your company, they are making a smart, informed decision that will lead to tangible benefits: more equity in their pockets and a smoother, faster sale process.
This postcard instills a sense of confidence in the consumer that you’re their advocate.
They are getting bombarded with messages from cash offer companies like Opendoor and others who offer 25% below their market value with the promise of a fast closing with no showings.
Unless you’re in distress, this isn’t a smart option for any seller.
Champion their needs above all else and win the business.
Every time you complete a CMA, it's an opportunity to start more conversations—and book listing appointments.
S/O to Steve Stych who sent the exact letter that you'll see below, and got a listing appointment that turned into a signed listing. He then sold that listing in 2 days. The total cost to mail out the letters was about $225. And the GCI he's generated from this campaign? $15,000.
Take your most marketable CMA and turn it into a direct mail campaign to generate seller leads every week.
The process goes like this:
1. Do 5-10 CMAs per week.
2. Highlight the most notable one.
3. Send out this direct mail letter.
Pro-Tip: Include your selling programs on the right side of the letter so they know their selling options.
This is how you generate high-quality leads without paying a profit-crushing referral fee.
Staying connected with your sphere of influence (SOI) is crucial in today’s market. The best way to do that is to keep them up to date with relevant information that impacts them.
This campaign is designed to educated them and spark a conversation around selling their home.
Keri White is a rockstar agent out of LA who just signed a $1.295M listing leveraging the Zillow vs. Agent strategy we’ve developed.
This campaign works because it create a curiosity gap in the mind of the consumer that they have a desire to fill.
The key takeaway is you can do this for ANY listing in your market, doesn’t have to be just your sales. If you pair this with the ZVA call script, you’re going to get listings.
In the competitive world of real estate, establishing a strong local presence is crucial for success. One effective strategy to achieve this is by sending direct mail letters to nearby neighbors, informing them that you are in the area, assisting one of their neighbors in selling their home. This approach offers several benefits, from boosting your local presence to generating high-quality seller leads and effectively marketing your listings to attract more opportunities.
This letter generated a $2,100,000 listing that sold in 2 weeks.
While your competition is asleep at the wheel sending their generic, Just Listed and Just Sold postcard, there's an opportunity to stand out in the mailbox by providing useful information that's personalized to their market.
We sent this letter to 1,497 North Hills homeowners. Total cost, $1,047.
Here's why it worked:
1. The audience matches the message
2. The call-to-action answers the "Why now?" question
3. The social proof creates confidence
Don't believe the adage that it takes 12 months to generate an ROI from direct mail.
A well crafted message that has a clear call to action can drive immediate results.
Targeting Non-Owner Occupied Homeowners:
This letter is specifically crafted to appeal to non-owner occupied homeowners—those who own a second home or investment property but do not live in it. These homeowners are often more financially and emotionally detached from their second properties, making them more likely to consider selling when market conditions change.
Psychological Appeal:
This letter leverages several psychological principles to connect with homeowners considering selling their second homes:
- Social Proof: By stating that many homeowners are in the same situation, it reassures the reader that they are not alone. This social proof reduces the anxiety of making a big decision like selling a home.
- Authority: Citing reputable sources like Redfin and Yahoo Finance establishes credibility. It shows that the insights provided are backed by data, enhancing trust.
- Empathy: The letter acknowledges the reader's potential frustrations and challenges, creating an empathetic connection. Understanding the reader's pain points makes them feel heard and understood.
- Scarcity and Urgency: The mention of declining demand and rising costs implies that the optimal time to sell may be now. This sense of urgency can prompt quicker action from homeowners.
- Simplicity and Clarity: The letter breaks down complex market dynamics into easily digestible points. Clear, concise language ensures that the message is accessible to all readers.
In real estate marketing, timeliness and relevance are crucial for capturing attention and driving engagement.
According to a study by HubSpot, personalized and timely messages can boost engagement rates by up to 200% compared to generic campaigns.
By sending marketing materials that address current market conditions and homeowners' immediate concerns, you demonstrate your expertise and provide valuable insights exactly when your clients need them most.
This approach not only builds trust but also positions you as the go-to resource in a rapidly changing market.
Nicole Odom reached out to me to help her revamp her Neighbors Only Open House letter.
The formula we used is simple—
👉Direct and clear opening
👉Urgency
👉Encouraged her neighbors to bring a friend/family member
👉Added a subtext that “I’m good at my job”
Whenever you’re creating a marketing campaign, it’s vital that you understand the emotion you’re trying to elicit and the action you want to trigger.
You should 1000% use this for your next listing.
In 2023, the FSBO market share hit an all-time low of 7% (Source: Clever).
This is an incredibly compelling hook to use as a postcard, start conversations, and provide value.
This strategy includes a QR code, but we're going to do something a bit different…
When the consumer scans this QR code, it will automatically pull up a text message for them to send.
Here's how it works:
1. Use this website to create your QR code.
2. Select SMS.
2. Enter your number and add the message you want.
i.e. Hi [Agent Name],
I just got your postcard and I'm curious to find out why fewer people are selling their homes by themselves.
Thanks!
3. Add it to your postcard.
Here's a text that you can use as your reply:
Hi [First Name],
Thanks for reaching out.
Here are 3 of the top reasons why:
Commission Costs: FSBO sellers often pay a commission to the buyer's agent, which can deter them from selling independently. They're doing all the work and still paying fees.
Marketing Challenges: FSBO sellers typically face difficulties in effectively marketing their properties, resulting in lower visibility and fewer offers.
Lower Sales Prices: Homes sold through FSBO frequently fetch lower prices compared to those sold by realtors, leading sellers to accept less favorable offers.
If you have any more questions, let me know. 🙏
You might already be familiar with the Magic Buyer strategy—a direct mail strategy that engages potential sellers by outlining who your buyers are and what they're looking for.
This is the Charlie King version.
Within 1 week, Charlie King had 5 calls from this letter.
S/O to Jeremy Applebaum who sent out 83 Magic Buyer Letters and landed 3 appointments.
It's simple:
1. Write a letter to homeowners who live in the neighborhood where your buyer is looking to live.
2. Provide context on the situation and be specific in describing what your buyers bring to the table.
3. Include a direct response CTA if they're interested in selling.
By directly engaging homeowners with specific details about what the buyer is looking for—and showcasing the serious intent of your clients—you not only pique interest but also position yourself as a proactive, dedicated agent.
Below you'll find two examples of this letter—the first is Charlie King's original. The second is my version.
Let's get to work.