Well I heard a while back that some how a person was served papers through facebook for a lawsuit or some such. That sets the stage.
You see when we buy houses, we try to go directly to the source and by pass the MLS. So we do a lot of direct mail to different lists of people and we get a lot of mail back. I have always googled names and basic info that I might have to find the person. But last night I decided to give ol Facebook a try.
Did a search in the metro area where she supposedly lives and found her. I requested to be her friend and also sent a message to her about our desire to buy real estate. She not only agreed to be my friend, but she also replyed back that the property in question had been sold, but she had others, she is also a property manager and had some of her owners who wanted to sell as well.
So the next time you can’t find someone, here’s some places to start:
- linked in
these are the best places I have found so far.
Also if you maintain an email newsletter and all of a sudden and email starts bouncing for what ever reason, it may be you could find them on one of these sites and ivite them to be friends or join your online group. You can then email them through the networking site and they can keep their emails clear.
Let me know how it works for you.
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