Re: Creative ways to find houses

[Diskin Young]

Hi all,

I am looking for some ways you have found homes NOT listed on the MLS, so I want to buy directly from the homeowner.

[Wendell De Guzman]

1. Pre-foreclosures

2. Expired listings

3. Homes owned by out of state landlords

4. Wholesalers

Listen to this podcast for some ideas:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/10/bp-podcast-065-creative-investing-wendell-de-guzman/#comment-155913

[Brian Gibbons]

This is old school....

1. Place a newspaper ad (major daily)
2. Place an ad in Pennysaver, Thrifty Nickel, Greensheet, etc.
3. Bandit signs
4. Drive neighborhoods looking for vacant houses and FSBO's
5. Call FSBO ads
6. Search MLS for junker properties
7. Search MLS for expired listings
8. Contact landlords who are evicting a tenant
9. Contact landlords with properties for rent
10. Pre-foreclosures
11. Foreclosure auctions
12. REO's
13. HUD & VA houses
14. Tax sales
15. Estate sales
16. Properties with outstanding building code violations
17. Properties with outstanding health code violations
18. Condemned properties
19. Fire damaged properties
20. Out of area owners
21. Network with professionals, i.e. attorney, CPA, REALTOR®.
22. Network with service people, i.e. letter carrier, pool service person, lawn service person, newspaper delivery person, carpet cleaning people, plumbers, etc.
23. Bird Dogs
24. Wholesalers
25. Magnetic car sign
26. Distribute business cards EVERYWHERE
27. Career attire (Polo shirt with embroidered "I Buy Houses" logo)
28. Fliers
29. Door hangers
31. billboards
32. radio spots
32. TV spots
33. full-page ads in the yellow pages

[David Krulac]

1. mail carriers know when people are moving and where the vacant houses are.

2. code violations

3. eviction court, tired landlords

4. lawn service, vacant house

5. driving looking for unmowed lawns, mail and newspapers stacked up

6. news paper carriers

7. moving van companies

8. rental truck companies

9. nursing homes

10. failed business owners

[Todd Hutcheson]

The best way I know how is to become an expert in some aspect.

Probate, foreclosure, short sales, sink holes.

I am known in my market as a wholesaler. The REIA asked me to teach about it. Newbies bring deals all the time when you are the expert.

You just have to proclaim yourself the expert.

[David Krulac]

@Todd Hutcheson

sinkhole expert, I like it!

[Rick H.]

David Krulac - possible book titles for Todd Hutcheson:

"Got that sinking feeling"

"Cures for Sinking Thinking"

"101 Uses for a Sinkhole"

"How to Hide Your Motorhome from Debt Collectors"

Be nice, or I'll post more!