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RealMailers

scales real estate marketing with Lob

Impact at a glance

  • Expanded client base from 50 agents to more than 500 nationwide
  • Seamless integration with Lob completed in just two hours
  • Automated direct mail campaigns with no batching or minimums required

“The time saved is nearly impossible to quantify—I can’t imagine our current operation with a traditional print vendor.”

Mihkel Noormagi, CEO

RealMailers

RealMailers Automates Direct Mail Marketing to Help Their Clients Sell Homes

Industry

Real Estate

Problem: Manual operations slowed growth

RealMailers began as the in-house product of a Manhattan brokerage. The firm was running highly targeted direct mail campaigns using demographic data to reach homeowners and buyers. While the strategy worked, execution was slow and costly. Staff printed and folded thousands of flyers, stuffed envelopes, and even sent interns on cab rides to deliver USPS trays.

In real estate, timing is critical. A single day’s delay in mailing an open house invitation could mean lost opportunities. To scale, RealMailers needed a faster, automated way to run personalized campaigns without overwhelming staff or delaying delivery.

Solution:  Automated direct mail with Lob

RealMailers adopted Lob to eliminate manual printing and mailing processes. With Lob’s platform, the team could:

  • Integrate in just two hours with no disruption to operations
  • Trigger personalized postcard campaigns directly from their systems
  • Use Lob’s Print Delivery Network to ensure fast, nationwide delivery
  • Provide agents and brokers with self-serve access to set up and launch campaigns instantly
Results:  Faster campaigns and nationwide reach
  • Client base grew from 50 local agents to over 500 nationwide
  • Personalized campaigns became scalable without manual bottlenecks
  • Users reported ease of use and competitive pricing as key benefits
  • RealMailers could deliver targeted campaigns faster and more efficiently than ever before

Campaign Spotlight:

Open house invitations

Before Lob, agents risked losing leads if invitations arrived late. By automating postcard mailings, RealMailers ensured that open house notices reached homeowners on time. This reliability helped agents close more deals and strengthened the value of direct mail as a trusted channel in a digital-heavy market.

Looking ahead:  

RealMailers continues to expand its services by offering agents and brokers a modern way to run direct mail. With Lob powering its automation, the company can focus on delivering value to clients instead of managing printing logistics. As CEO Mihkel Noormagi notes, “Lob turned direct mail from a manual burden into one of our most efficient capabilities.”

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RealMailers

scales real estate marketing with Lob

  • Expanded client base from 50 agents to more than 500 nationwide
  • Seamless integration with Lob completed in just two hours
  • Automated direct mail campaigns with no batching or minimums required

RealMailers began as the in-house product of a real estate brokerage firm in Manhattan. The firm was running targeted direct mail marketing campaigns to homeowners and buyers, using granular demographic data to reach customers. Their strategy worked, but sending personalized mail is an expensive and time-consuming process. To keep costs down, they did everything in-house, printing and folding thousands of flyers, stuffing envelopes, even sending interns on weekly cab rides to the post office with USPS trays. It all amounted to a massive headache. But slowing down wasn’t an option, because real estate is a time sensitive industry—send an open house invitation a day late, and it’s dead in the water.

"The time saved is nearly impossible to quantify—I can’t imagine our current operation with a traditional vendor."

When Mihkel and Michael discovered Lob, everything changed. Lob seamlessly automated the entire process, and the time-sucking logistics of manually creating personalized mailing campaigns instantly vanished. The best part? Lob integrated into their systems without a hitch in a mere two hours, making the transition totally painless so they could focus on what really mattered with their business.

Scaling Direct Mail Marketing

Suddenly, with the clunky operational distractions gone, there was time to step back and see their potential to scale, now powered by Lob. They started thinking outside Manhattan, to conceive of a powerful service that could reach customers far beyond their firm’s walls. And RealMailers was born.

Today, RealMailers uses Lob’s suite of APIs to create targeted postcard campaigns, allowing agents and brokers to pinpoint customers, customize postcards, and quickly blast out personalized mail. Lob’s automation means customers can set everything up without leaving their desk.

With Lob’s help, RealMailers now makes precisely targeted mailing campaigns cheaper than ever, with no minimums, no subscription, and no batching required.


Soon RealMailers went from serving 50 agents locally to an active client base of over 500 agents and brokers nationwide. Their users keep coming back, because they are able to offer direct mail marketing, ease of use, and competitive pricing. RealMailers found that integrating with Lob was a breeze. Lob’s initial MVP was up and running so fast that RealMailers was sending their first address verifications and test postcards in a matter of hours. “The time saved is nearly impossible to quantify,” says CEO Mihkel Noormagi. “I can’t imagine our current operation with a traditional print vendor.”

The Challenge

RealMailers began as the in-house product of a Manhattan brokerage. The firm was running highly targeted direct mail campaigns using demographic data to reach homeowners and buyers. While the strategy worked, execution was slow and costly. Staff printed and folded thousands of flyers, stuffed envelopes, and even sent interns on cab rides to deliver USPS trays.

In real estate, timing is critical. A single day’s delay in mailing an open house invitation could mean lost opportunities. To scale, RealMailers needed a faster, automated way to run personalized campaigns without overwhelming staff or delaying delivery.

RealMailers

RealMailers Automates Direct Mail Marketing to Help Their Clients Sell Homes

Profile

RealMailers Automates Direct Mail Marketing to Help Their Clients Sell Homes

Industry

Real Estate

The Solution

RealMailers adopted Lob to eliminate manual printing and mailing processes. With Lob’s platform, the team could:

  • Integrate in just two hours with no disruption to operations
  • Trigger personalized postcard campaigns directly from their systems
  • Use Lob’s Print Delivery Network to ensure fast, nationwide delivery
  • Provide agents and brokers with self-serve access to set up and launch campaigns instantly

“The time saved is nearly impossible to quantify—I can’t imagine our current operation with a traditional print vendor.”

Mihkel Noormagi, CEO

Results

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