• Mahmoud Greene posted an update 2 years, 1 month ago

    In today’s competitive business world, it is important for a business to maintain an active mailing list. Advertising and maintaining a mailing list are two of the most important tools in any business owner’s arsenal. Most business owners will agree that without an active mailing list, their business would be effectively dead in the water. Mailing list management is a constant battle between list owners who want their lists maintained and those who don’t have the time to do so. While there are a number of different solutions to this problem, one solution that is growing in popularity is the renting of mailing lists.

    Renting mailing lists is growing in popularity because it allows the business owner to focus on the things that really matter to them. For example, a real estate agent may choose to rent his or her list to those interested in purchasing a home. That agent would then focus on those prospects one on one rather than have the prospect viewing his entire mailing list. With this type of list rental, the real estate agent gets his or her disposable income and the prospect gets to view the list he or she is interested in. Both experiences are positive for the real estate agent and the prospect.

    Another example of list rental is when a business owner rents his or her list to other businesses. Let’s say that a printing company rents its list to many different printing companies. Instead of spending money to purchase another list, the business owner can focus his or her attention on the marketing aspects of the printing company and concentrate on growing his business instead of worrying about the list rental.

    The list rental also has another advantage for the business owner; it is a very easy way to rent mailing lists. All that is needed are some names of people or companies that would be interested in the product or service that the business offers. The business owner sends out a simple notice that a mailing list will be available for rent. Within a day or two, someone receives the mailings and then starts contacting the contacts listed on the income-expense form.

    The advantage of the mailing list rental is also great for people who are planning to open their own business. For example, a real estate agent rents his mailing list to realtors. If he were to try to do the same with the unrelated business taxable form, he or she would have to pay a huge fee to the IRS before he could start collecting the rents. This fee may be as much as ten percent of the profits from the new unrelated business. This is why most real estate agents avoid to do this with their mailing lists.

    It is important to understand that the mailing list is not meant exclusively for the purpose of collecting rents. For example, the mailing list will make it much easier for you to get your mailings into the hands of potential customers. In fact, even if your business is strictly internet based, you can still use the mailing list to advertise your products. So long as the information you include on the income-expense form can be verified by the customer (or the person conducting a tax audit) the rental of the mailing list is totally legitimate and does not violates any Federal law.

    For example, you are the owner of an online casino. You want to expand your business and include other internet casinos in your web site. To do this, you have to obtain the appropriate PO database for the state in which you want to transact. The state’s PO database will contain all the addresses of people who have casino income-related interests. The rental of its mailing lists will allow you to create a web site that lets people know that you now own internet gambling sites.

    So for you to get the most out of list rental, think about the possibilities of what it can do for you and your online real estate business. Even if you are not yet sure about the importance of it, you might want to consult with a list broker first. They will be able to tell you better if list rental is right for you or not.