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Where can you advertise downtown condos for sale that will reach and get the attention of people who want to live downtown?
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Just put it in MLS and let Zillow do the rest. You might also alert Boveri. The supply is very limited since no one is adding new ones right now.
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You don’t. You hire a realtor to do it for you.

I know enough realtors to know that a lot of sales happen without a unit going on MLS. Talk to a realtor who knows the area and they will know multiple people looking who they will touch with immediately, before you could sign paperwork.
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know of any entities in the downtown area that have community boards where interested parties can post approved hard copy advertisements? Often found in grocery stores or such.
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fancy_pants wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:55 pm know of any entities in the downtown area that have community boards where interested parties can post approved hard copy advertisements? Often found in grocery stores or such.
Why would you want to sell to people so cheap they frequent community boards?
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Reading between the lines of "I don't want to pay a realtor's commission"...have you considered Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace? For the amount of money you'd otherwise spend at Kinko's FedEx Office, I'm sure you could hire an Intragram or TikTok microinfluencer to get the word out on the places you're selling.
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swid wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:12 pm I'm sure you could hire an Intragram or TikTok microinfluencer to get the word out on the places you're selling.
So since we’re talking influencers. Do you know what we call an influencer around selling homes?

A realtor.

You don’t pay a penny until the sell the home. The market is so frustratingly hot that there’s very few homes that won’t sell over the cost you could get, plus the realtor’s fee
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Too much negative here. You also are unaware of how difficult it is to get listings. Any mode that is seen by the right person is valuable. People we need to get open and ride the positive bus.
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This has to be a bit.
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fancy_pants wrote: Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:35 am Too much negative here. You also are unaware of how difficult it is to get listings. Any mode that is seen by the right person is valuable. People we need to get open and ride the positive bus.
You say you’re being positive, but you’re also ignorant on marketing and that’s how you waste time and money.

https://youtu.be/IEXjqkiaURg
This is from Mad Men, so it’s literally about marketing.
At 1 minute in they say one key word “Targeted”

There’s a crazy tiny chance that bulletin board use overlaps with people who own a home economically. Now let’s say you’re right and there is.

You want leads who don’t think this is the greatest thing ever in real estate
https://www.redfin.com/services/listing-fee

You want to reach your ideal customer only.

That you don’t understand your customer is why you are having problems getting listings, not because you aren’t marketing on bulletin boards.
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