Getting motivated sellers to contact you is what real estate investing is all about. One of the ways most successful way to locate potential great deals is using death notices in the obituaries. Most of the time heirs will want to sell properties very fast after the unfortunate death of a family member.

Remember as investors, we are always looking for a way to have a leg up on the competition, so why not get over on them by starting out this way?

Most everyone would think that it is terrible to contact the family of the dearly departed and talk to their loved one's home but this allows investors a fantastic way to get the upper hand on other real estate investors.

There will NEVER be an end to your local death notices; and hence, there will be a never ending supply of leads to which you will have access.

Your city most likely has a newspaper that lists death notices. In keeping with our approach to real estate investing, we want to find a way to connect with these individuals without looking like a bunch of non-compassionate deal finders. The way we handle this to great success is that we look through the obituaries and get the name of the person that passed away. Using reverse lookup sites like www.anywho.com we are able to locate their address.

We simply send out a nice postcard that states something like: