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Episode 166: When a Seller Ghosts You, Send These 3 Texts

Tiffany and Josh High Episode 166

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Most real estate investors lose highly profitable deals for one simple reason: they stop following up the moment a seller ghosts them. In this solo episode, Josh High reveals the exact three-text sequence his team uses to re-engage sellers who disappear right before an offer is supposed to be made. You will learn why using empathy, and taking the blame, is the fastest way to get a response, the psychology behind putting all business aside to check on their well-being, and why sending a blind offer via text is sometimes your best final move. Plus, Josh breaks down his exact long-term follow-up cadence that turns dead leads into closed contracts weeks, or even months, down the line. Listen and enjoy the show!

You’ll Learn How To:

  • Re-engage sellers who completely ghost you right before a scheduled offer presentation
  • Use empathy and humility to disarm sales resistance and get sellers talking again
  • Time your follow-up texts perfectly using the a.m./p.m. halves framework
  • Confidently send a blind offer via text when all other communication attempts fail
  • Build a long-term follow-up cadence that guarantees you never lose a deal to a competitor

What You’ll Learn in This Episode: 

(1:38) The biggest reason investors lose deals (and why a ghosted lead is not a dead deal)

(2:03) How to break your day into halves to perfectly time your follow-up sequences

(2:35) The exact Empathy Text you must send 30 to 60 minutes after a missed appointment

(3:23) Why asking Is everything okay? strips away sales resistance and forces a response

(4:18) The final Hail Mary text to send when a seller becomes completely disengaged

(5:11) The specific 30-day, 60-day, and monthly follow-up cadence for long-term ghosted leads

(5:25) Why you must never confuse no response with no opportunity

Who This Episode is For:

  • Real estate investors and wholesalers struggling to get unresponsive sellers back on the phone
  • Acquisition managers looking for proven, psychology-based text message follow-up scripts
  • Entrepreneurs who want to build a bulletproof follow-up system that prevents leads from falling through the cracks

Why You Should Listen: 

Sellers ghost investors every single day. Usually, it is not because they are not motivated, it is because they are overwhelmed, intimidated, or afraid of saying no. If you give up after one missed call, you are throwing away thousands of dollars in assignment fees. By listening to this episode, you will learn the exact psychological triggers and text message scripts Josh High uses to disarm scared sellers, restart the conversation, and save deals that your competitors would have given up on.

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