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Rainmaker
2,375,683
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I think the best way to get sellers is to work at it  yourself.

Jan 06, 2016 11:45 AM
Ambassador
6,417,409
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Save your money Sid, and get busy blogging, you will find that those leads you generate yourself will be much better than those anyone is selling.

Jan 07, 2016 09:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

I think you have the answer from the answers above or below mine!

Jan 06, 2016 09:27 PM
Rainmaker
2,538,633
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Sid. My best lead generation tool is all the blogging that I do that brings a steady stream of prospective clients to my website.

Jan 06, 2016 05:48 PM
Rainmaker
2,759,812
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 your best lead generation tool is you.

Jan 06, 2016 05:24 PM
Rainmaker
658,040
Jeffrey Jones
AZ Home Seekers - San Tan Valley, AZ
AZ Home Seekers, azhomeseekers.com

referrals, past clients, sphere of influence. Make your own leads. Too many times agents are looking for ways around hard work. You can use technology to manage your business but don't count on it to creat more quality leads than you can generate yourself

Jan 06, 2016 12:57 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,581
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Sid,

This is the place where do it yourself is what it is all about...All that other stuff is just stuff to spend your hard earned $$$'s on.  A

Jan 06, 2016 12:32 PM
Rainer
321,564
Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

Had to stop and read the answers you received. I'm actually so tired of paying $ and will give active rain, my sphere and Facebook posting a try for the first half of 2016.

Jan 07, 2016 11:17 AM
Rainmaker
432,957
Shanna Hall
Real Estate Solutions - Kirkwood, MO
I love selling houses!!!St. Louis, MO 314-703-1311

Sphere of influence!

Jan 07, 2016 12:57 AM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

The BEST LEAD GENERATION software tools.

Sid, let me tell you without hesitation...THEY ALL WORK!!!!

Just not for everyone.

Why? 

If the TOOL is the same, the variable is the AGENT!

What will work best for YOU, requires more data. That data resides within your real estate business plan. The business plan compels you to define your business, what exactly your services include, who is the preferred customer, where they are located and how you will reach them.

Without creating this road map to your business, the default business model is the "Accidental Real Estate' plan.

For example, if you are working distressed real estate or the investor market, your tools will be Hubzoo, RealtyTrac, Auction.com, Craigslist, netloop and REI networks. Not one, but all of them.

Now, my direct response to your question is FACEBOOK. Trust me when I say, you need more information before stirring the FACEBOOK pot. It does not work for EVERYBODY.

Jan 07, 2016 12:57 AM
Rainer
223,831
LUXURYSOCALREALTY COMPASS La Jolla
Compass - La Jolla, CA
San Diego Partner - The Private Client Network

Sid check out Trulia Seller leads if you are going to be a shark their data is decent.  I listed two last year from them and lost four.  I just get too many leads some stuff slips through the cracks.  One of those three did list with Mr. 1% after a failed listing appointment where I was going to stage it for him at a cost of $6,000 to me for a $1.3M, the proper way to market a home of that caiber.  The other three listed with  other agents.  What this tells me is those on Trulia looking for their "home value" are sellers you just HAVE to get to them.  I have another one I'm working on for $850k.  He claims he wants to be FSBO.  Immediately after I got off the phone with him I think I was on the way to go tanning, I switched gears and door dropped sothebys brokerage marketing magazines they are around $5 each and uber cool.  I also every two weeks have been emailing him.  This is getting long anyways the point is you have to stay on top of them like white on rice.  If an agent takes a lead with no CRM and is lazy that is why they say internet leads are a waste of money.  But if you create a system with a CRM and work hard they are a very viable business.  

Jan 07, 2016 12:11 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,328
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I generate my own leads by marketing online and offline to secure new listing inventory....

Jan 06, 2016 11:26 PM
Rainmaker
4,900,966
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

That would be whatever software is loaded on my cell phone.

Jan 06, 2016 10:03 PM
Rainer
150,466
Michael Thacker - Re/Max Real Estate Center - Louisville
Re/Max Real Estate Center - The Thacker Group - Louisville, KY
Your best friend who just happens to be a Realtor

Copywriting, blogging. Free and it will get better results.

Jan 06, 2016 09:49 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

There is NONE, the best source of leads are the ones you generate yourself. Therefore you are not sharing them with multiple agents, they are not old and you not tire kickers

Jan 06, 2016 09:21 PM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

What Jeffrey Jones said

Jan 06, 2016 08:00 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,177
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I am not aware of any tools.

Jan 06, 2016 07:48 PM
Ambassador
3,741,863
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Sid, my telephone is my friend when it comes to lead generation.

Jan 06, 2016 12:17 PM