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Prospecting play: expired listings

Relisting Success

Their listing just expired and every agent in town is dialing their number. You show up in the mailbox instead, five times in four weeks, with empathy first and a plan second.

For: Homeowners whose listing just expired. Bring the list from your MLS.

Picture the morning after a listing expires. The phone starts at 8 a.m. and does not stop. Forty agents, the same script, all promising they would have sold it. By lunch the homeowner has stopped picking up.

That is your opening. You are not call number forty one. You are the postcard on the counter that says their home is too beautiful to still be on the market, and that the problem was the marketing, not the house. Nobody else said that to them today.

How the play runs

Five pieces, a week apart. The first two take the blame off the house and put it on the strategy. The third is a greeting card in an envelope, a personal note from you. The fourth is your proof. The fifth is a low-pressure invitation to sit down and talk about relisting.

Make it yours

Touch four ships with a sample success story on it. Replace it with one of your own before you mail. Your real numbers will beat a template every time, and they are the only numbers that belong on your mail.

Where the list comes from

Your MLS. Pull the expireds, upload the file, enroll them, and the first piece is on its way. New expireds next week? Add them and they start at touch one.

On Professional you also get a scan alert with the homeowner’s name when they scan one of your cards, so you know exactly who to call, and they already know who you are.

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
"Your home is too beautiful to still be on the market." It was the strategy, not the house.
Touch 2: Small postcard, Day 8
02 · Day 8
Small postcard
"Hoping for a buyer is not a strategy." What proactive marketing actually looks like.
Touch 3: Greeting card, Day 15
03 · Day 15
Greeting card
"A fresh perspective can change everything." A personal note in an envelope.
Touch 4: Small postcard, Day 22
04 · Day 22
Small postcard
From expired to sold. This one is your proof, so swap in a real result of your own.
Touch 5: Small postcard, Day 29
05 · Day 29
Small postcard
"Don't let a bad experience ruin your plans." The no-pressure invitation to talk.