How to Bird Dog Investment Properties

For many new wholesalers the hardest thing to do is get started. What do I do? how do I do it? It is this fear that discourages and stagnates many before they ever reach their first deal. It is the first deal that is the hardest. Once you get past that you are off to the races in search of more.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. The first thing that any new wholesaler must do is build a buyers list. Without buyers even the best deal will never make it to the table. A deal is not a deal until you get paid! I would suggest reading my posts on building your buyers list before you take this step. Trust me, you will thank me for it.

2. Now, how to find great real estate wholesale deals? I agree that there are thousands of deals at your fingertips. Online classifieds, For sale by owner sites, lead generators etc... But those deals are at the finger tips of every one else too. In today's struggling economy there are more wholesalers and Bird Dogs surfing the net in search of for sale by owner deals than there have ever been before. I know wholesalers that search at work, on their lunch break and just about every free moment that they have for that perfect deal.

3. If you want to make it out here in this doggy dog world (bird dogs get it?) you have to search for real estate wholesale deals where no one else is looking. These best deals are those that are sitting right in your back yard. Many wholesalers have day jobs and are not able to bird dog the streets in search of a deal. This is why they search endlessly on the Internet for their deals. You better believe that every for sale by owner add posted on craigslist is getting emails or phone calls by wholesalers. Why even get caught up in this competition when there are so many Real Estate Investment deals waiting to be discovered right in your neighborhood.

4. I know your saying, "wait a minute I have a day job too". I am not suggesting that you spend your whole day driving around looking at Real Estate. Simply leaving 30 minutes earlier for work or taking another route home to drive down side streets is enough to find a great real estate wholesale deal. Make sure you keep your camera in the car so you can readily take pictures when you find a vacant property. Write down the address and research the owner when you get home. Properties with "For Sale by Owner" yard signs are great because they already indicate that the house is for sale and owner's phone number.

5. Get the property owner's name and address from the tax records. Now go and see if you can find a phone number. Research the market value (ARV) of the property to find out what the property is worth. Many of the ARV sites will also tell you how much they paid for the property and when they purchased it. This amount can change if they refinanced the mortgage on the property. So don't depend on the purchase price being the amount they owe on the property.

6. Contact the owner and find out if the property is for sale. If it is then go and look at the property. Make an offer and either buy the property or sell your interest to an Investor for a profit.

7. For more real estate wholesaling resources visit the real wholesaling website link in the resource section below.

Resources

• real wholesaling blog

[jfdenterprises]

on 9/16/2009 Great tips. Thanks. I am a newbie investor who has been focused on finding private lending to fund my real estate deals, but now I am getting more involved in building my buyers list and wholesaling.
Have a great day!