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Foreclosure Mastery

Dirk Zeller
Dirk Zeller
Tuesday, 6:12 am

 
 
Audio Briefing

I am often asked: "Dirk, what's the next big thing going to be?"

Well, if you asked me that question specific to lead generation, I'd have to say foreclosures are going to be the next big thing for new lead generation.

You've probably already heard that foreclosures, as of last month's U.S. Foreclosure Market Report (published by RealtyTrac® - the #1 online authority for foreclosure data), are up by 63.5% nationwide. Some counties are up by as much as 20,300%.


"Foreclosures Up 63.5% Nationwide on Average"

About a week ago I read an article in USA Today about the fact that 75% of the new home mortgages in California are No-Doc-Loans (some industry experts call them liar-loans). These No-Doc-Loans allow the homeowner to use stated income and often allow them to borrow more money at higher debt-to-income ratios than they could traditionally.

In my opinion, the majority of these liar-loans are foreclosures in embryo. It's likely just a matter of time before the homeowners get into trouble and fall into foreclosure.

According to RealtyTrac®, with whom we've established an exclusive partnership, the number of foreclosures will exceed 1.2 million this year if we continue at this pace. To read the complete press release for RealtyTrac®'s U.S. Foreclosure Market Report
click here
.

What this means for the average Agent in a market with 100,000 households is that about 100 new properties will enter foreclosure per month. Some of the not-so-average counties will see 595 new foreclosures per month for those same 100,000 households. So, that means from 3 - 20 foreclosures per day per 100,000 households.

"100 - 595 Brand New Leads Every Month"

If you had this information in a timely manner and were equipped to deal with this specific type of lead, it could mean 100 - 595 brand new leads every month in a market with 100,000 households.

Most Agents don't know how to handle prospects in foreclosure and usually see them as junk prospects. So, there's very little competition for you in this niche.

"Very Little Competition in This Niche"

Couple that with a very highly motivated seller, and you have a recipe for new lead generation success.

So, if you are interested in carving out a brand new niche for yourself in Real Estate that 99% of Agents think are junk prospects, you can find out more below.

I implore you to take a few minutes to investigate this new program. It may be a way for you to set yourself up with a long-term strategic advantage over your competition and could truly lead you to the achievement of a new level of success in your business.

Your grateful Coach & Trainer,

Real Estate Training
Dirk Zeller, CEO
RealEstateChampions.com

P.S. To see how your state matches up on the Nationwide Foreclosure Heat Map, take a quick look below.





How does your state look on the map above? Do you have 1 foreclosure for every 400 households like quite a bit of the country? How many households do you have in your market, and what does that equate to in foreclosures?

The table below displays all the different types of foreclosures and types of defaulted properties specific to individual markets. The reason being, defaults & foreclosures are treated a little differently depending on where you live. But, for the most part, you can ignore the NODs, NTSs, NFSs, LISs, and REOs. Focus instead on the column that is labeled TOTAL.

"How Many Foreclosures are in Your Area?"

The Total Column gives you the total number of foreclosures in September for your state. The column next to it gives the number of households per 1 foreclosure in your state. So for example, if you are in CA, the total number of foreclosures in September was 14,806 and there was 1 foreclosure for every 825 households, which (as the far right column shows) was an increase of 196.48% over last year.

How's your area? Are the foreclosure rates growing? Are there already an enormous amount of potential leads for you?


U.S. Foreclosure Market Statistics by State

Rate Rank State Name NODs NTSs NFSs LISs REOs Total 1 for every #HH %Change from Aug 2006 %Change from Sep 2005

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United States

25,379

43,840

6,285

19,338

18,179

112,210

1,030

-0.96

63.50

32

Alabama

0

297

0

0

232

529

3,712

39.58

195.53

22

Alaska

9

98

0

0

12

118

1,739

31.11

40.48

11

Arizona

0

0

2,493

306

103

2,902

754

12.79

39.65

18

Arkansas

24

997

0

0

100

1,121

1,046

29.00

18.50

12

California

12,317

2,023

0

0

485

14,806

825

18.58

196.48

1

Colorado

75

3,228

0

0

1,182

4,485

408

-26.22

24.51

15

Connecticut

1,226

157

0

0

2

1,385

1,000

556.40

4846.43

43

Delaware

4

28

0

0

4

36

9,530

2.86

260.00

48

DC

0

0

0

0

11

11

24,986

22.22

-8.33

4

Florida

0

0

1,609

11,050

390

12,946

564

-21.22

40.98

5

Georgia

5

4,136

0

0

1,026

5,167

599

-13.41

31.71

42

Hawaii

18

43

0

0

2

63

7,310

50.00

-35.71

29

Idaho

10

185

0

0

7

202

2,603

-16.18

18.13

7

Illinois

0

0

979

5,881

1,069

7,431

658

7.56

86.85

6

Indiana

1,578

1,764

0

0

704

3,968

636

12.00

61.43

40

Iowa

23

41

0

0

141

176

7,003

-22.12

27.54

30

Kansas

105

211

0

0

5

321

3,514

-16.41

221.00

24

Kentucky

300

400

0

0

192

892

1,963

1.36

430.95

39

Louisiana

30

166

0

0

151

347

5,427

9.46

73.50

49

Maine

4

13

0

0

2

19

34,310

-59.57

171.43

33

Maryland

5

545

0

0

22

572

3,745

48.57

13.94

14

Mass.

1,619

1,112

0

0

8

2,739

957

373.06

14315.79

3

Michigan

163

4,569

0

0

3,117

7,846

538

14.36

199.24

34

Minnesota

18

393

0

0

122

533

3,880

-15.53

252.98

45

Mississippi

4

46

0

0

29

79

16,061

-1.25

-15.05

23

Missouri

25

522

0

0

877

1,385

1,760

4.61

47.18

35

Montana

2

96

0

0

6

104

3,962

79.31

-7.96

19

Nebraska

5

373

0

0

139

516

1,393

66.45

47.43

2

Nevada

1,482

351

0

0

86

1,919

452

-4.81

237.26

50

New Hampshire

0

11

0

0

6

14

39,073

-17.65

600.00

16

New Jersey

2,473

589

0

0

159

3,221

1,028

7.65

30.88

31

New Mexico

129

60

0

0

25

214

3,648

-37.24

-28.67

26

New York

0

0

1,204

2,101

319

3,622

2,120

-20.17

45.29

25

North Carolina

549

99

0

0

1,017

1,665

2,114

-19.21

83.17

47

North Dakota

3

1

0

0

10

14

20,691

40.00

100.00

9

Ohio

95

3,390

0

0

3,309

6,794

704

-9.03

17.16

17

Oklahoma

465

487

0

0

479

1,430

1,045

3.77

45.47

28

Oregon

148

456

0

0

31

635

2,293

20.72

11.40

21

Pennsylvania

1,120

1,767

0

0

245

3,125

1,680

9.92

31.36

27

Rhode Island

0

204

0

0

0

204

2,156

45.71

20300.00

38

South Carolina

19

92

0

0

264

368

4,763

-17.30

8.55

44

South Dakota

1

20

0

0

0

21

15,391

-44.74

23.53

13

Tennessee

273

1,575

0

0

914

2,757

889

16.23

28.05

8

Texas

274

10,856

0

0

873

11,988

671

-16.00

23.13

10

Utah

444

588

0

0

45

1,077

714

2.87

17.07

51

Vermont

1

1

0

0

0

2

147,191

0.00

0.00

41

Virginia

2

314

0

0

84

400

7,216

-5.88

76.99

20

Washington

27

1,326

0

0

88

1,441

1,660

-10.66

46.29

46

West Virginia

2

46

0

0

3

51

16,561

-3.77

-50.00

37

Wisconsin

303

138

0

0

57

498

4,624

-31.12

-2.35

36

Wyoming

0

26

0

0

25

51

4,389

54.55

131.82

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United States

25,379

43,840

6,285

19,338

18,179

112,210

1,030

-0.96

63.50

Rate Rank State Name NODs NTSs NFSs LISs REOs Total 1 for every #HH %Change from Aug 2006 %Change from Sep 2005

September 06 Data*
©2006 RealtyTrac®


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