Starting this weekend I started delivering pizza part-time. I thought this would be good for me for a couple reasons..

-I will get out a couple days a week and get to ride around my area for a few hours to find fsbo's that aren't advertising in the paper while..

-Making a few extra dollars while I'm getting to patrol my area. I'm brand new to real estate and making a little extra money until my business begins to kick off won't hurt.

I made a deal with the manager... I'm going to come in a couple days a week and make their boxes off the clock, and he will let me paste my fliers on each box so they get delivered with every pizza.

Thats not a bad deal.I would keep some buyer specific flyers with me for the pizzas that you take to apartment cmplxs.

I'll definately do that.. but, there are very few apartment complexes in this area. It's mostly SFR's and mobile home. But, it would probably be good to give to the mobile homes also, you think?

NOt certai. Many of them might want to move up, while many could be retirees content with there home.

I think being able to attach your fliers to the pizza boxes is awesome! You give me the idea that I should walk into Domino's Pizza and propose that I come in and make the boxes if they allow me to advertise on them. Do you think they would let me do that even if I don't work there?

It's possible. The place I'm talking about isn't a big franchise like domino's, but they are popular in this town... been here forever. I used to work here in high school so I've known the owners for a long time so that probably helped. It definately wouldn't hurt to ask.

Len- You would have much better luck partnering with a Mom and Pop outfit. The Dominos would have to "run this through corporate". They would be worried about litigation should there be a problem with one of the RE transactions. The Mom and Pop outfit would look up from stirring the sauce and tell you either yes or no, depending on what was in it for them.

Most mom and pop places might not be busy enough to have me making their boxes. You guys have any other ideas that I could propose to a place like that in trade for advertising? Maybe a pizza coupon on my mailings intrade for them paying for the postage!

Is that the best use of your time, making pizza boxes with your flyers? How many flyers could you distribute door to door in that same amount of time. Better yet couldn't you hire a kid to distribute them Isn't your time worth more than 8 to 10 bucks an hour? are you going to deliver the Pizza with your flyer on it? I understand you need the money, I would deliver in a area that I was not farming. Would you list your most valuable asset with the Pizza deliverer?

Shoot, I live in Metro Phoenix and many folks opt for the mom and pos places as the product is usually better than the chain. Mom and Pop delivery joings here do a brisk business...

The Broker, the point is to get your fliers on some kind of commercial business. If they are on pizza boxes for a reputable company, then people will probably perceive you as a reputable Realtor. It just shows that you have connections with advertising and it looks more professional than putting them on doorsteps. When people see a flyer on their doorstep, they usually just throw it away without looking at it. If you have your flyer on a pizza box, then people will at least have to look at it and then you would be getting your name out there. You could even propose this idea to a few other companies in your area along with the pizza place. If homeowners are starting to see your fliers on many of the reputable businesses, you will be thought of by many people when they are thinking about buying and selling.

The delivery idea is not so great in my opinion. I don't think many people would list their home with the pizza delivery guy either. An extremely successful agent would not be delivering pizzas on the side. Buyers and sellers want to work with people that are successful. We all like working with people that are successful, so you can't really blame them.

Delivering pizzas in your target area is a bad idea like mentioned above. No one wants to make their largest purchase in possibly their lifetime from the pizza man. Making boxes for them or helping pay for boxes would be a better idea than you physically delivering the pizzas for them. See if you can work something out with them where you don't have to do the deliveries.

I would think otherwise.
As a Realtor, you want a professional image. There is a hair
salon that I go to cut my hair. The lady who sometime cut my
hair is also a realtor (although had not done any deals), and she
has her card on the front counter. If I were a customer, I know
not trust the largest financial decision of my life to
a hairstylist. I would want to find the most professional, comptent realtor. I think have a part time job to supliment income is fine, but I don't think that fact should be advertized.

Combine your two ideas, Trade your flyers on their boxes with their coupons in your mailers. I certainly would not put them on the boxes and make them myself. That would be a waste of time.

I don't think that is the best way to market yourself though. The same buyers will get pizza's delivered to them and do they care to see you and what would you advertise?

Honestly I would find another part time job. If you stick with this one, do not prospect on the job, no business cards, flyers, nothing. No one will list or buy with the pizza man, period. It's a waste of time, money, and it creates a negative image for yourself and your brokerage.