Starting Out by Ryan Moeller | December 21, 2009 
Wholesaling and bird dogging are very popular strategies for beginner real estate investors. Two very important skills are needed to be successful at these: finding great deals and building a buyers list. Here are 6 ways to build your buyers list. Online ads – Search Craigslist, newspaper and Social Media sites such as BiggerPockets, LinkedIn, [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by J. Lamar Ferren | August 22, 2009
How could something as simple as a soda can help you get motivated seller leads?
When I first heard about this marketing strategy I was immediately intrigued by how “outside the box” this strategy was.
Just imagine you being known throughout your local community as the guy or gal who takes down real estate deals armed with nothing but…a Soda Can!
Before you say this will never work… Let me say that someone has already tried this strategy I’m about to reveal to you. I’ll be straight up with you though…I’m not sure if they were able to generate a profit.
With that said, I’m one to follow that old saying… “Don’t knock it, until you try it.”
Entrepreneurs and Marketers are always testing new ideas.
Also, there is a BIG Company using this strategy as well…I’ll show you that in a minute.
Many marketers would refer to this marketing method as…Guerilla Marketing or Bum Marketing. (Low Cost Marketing)
Wholesaling houses is much easier when you have a list of active buyers lined up ready to purchase your deals. I personally spend just as much time looking for deals as I do looking for buyers. I am always on the hunt for new buyers, and as a result, I am usually able to unload my wholesale deals within hours of putting them under contract.
Joshua Dorkin
Is This a Good Time for Rehabbing?
by Richard Warren | December 4, 2007Doom and gloom is everywhere. Foreclosures are at record highs, builders are swimming in inventory, the mortgage market is in a shambles and there seems to be no end in sight. Buyers are afraid to buy because the market might go lower. Sellers are in a panic because there seems to be no hope of [...]