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Prospecting play: likely to list

The Next Chapter

A consultative play for owners who have been in the same house a long time. No push to list. Just a plan, offered early, so you are the agent they call when the time comes.

For: Long-time owners in your farm who have built up years of equity. Bring your list.

The biggest reason people stay in a house that stopped fitting them is not money. It is that moving sounds exhausting. The packing, the repairs, the guessing about timing. So they put it off another year.

This play does not try to talk anyone into listing. It offers to take the scary part off their plate. The last piece says it plainly: moving does not have to happen tomorrow. Let’s build the plan now so that when you are ready, it is easy.

How the play runs

Four pieces over six weeks, slower on purpose. A question about whether the house still fits. A greeting card in an envelope. A look at the equity they have built. Then the offer of a no-rush plan: which repairs are worth doing, which to skip, and how to time it.

Where the list comes from

Bring your own list of long-time owners in your farm. Your title rep or your tax records can give you years owned.

Build that list on the house, never on the people in it. Years owned and equity are fair game. Age, family, and anything else personal are not. That is the right way to treat people, and in housing it is also the law.

Make it yours

This one pays off slowly, and that is the point. The agent who helped them think it through a year early is the agent who gets the call. On Professional, a scan on any piece sends you an alert with the owner’s name, so you know when somebody has started thinking about it.

What lands in the mailbox

The actual pieces, shown before personalization. Your name, photo, logo, and return address fill in when you install the play.

Touch 1: Large postcard, Day 1
01 · Day 1
Large postcard
"Does your current home still fit your lifestyle?" A question, not a pitch.
Touch 2: Greeting card, Day 8
02 · Day 8
Greeting card
"Every great home has its season." A personal note in an envelope.
Touch 3: Small postcard, Day 22
03 · Day 22
Small postcard
"You might be sitting on record-breaking equity." The number most owners have never looked at.
Touch 4: Large postcard, Day 43
04 · Day 43
Large postcard
"Moving doesn't have to happen tomorrow." The offer: a timeline, even if the move is a year out.