Flipper/Rehabber · Williamsburg, VA · Member since 2008 · 144 posts · 105 votes
11y
To add,
Recently, I searched www.gosection8.com and created a list of landlord names and numbers; I Google "We Buy Houses (my city)" or "We Buy Ugly Houses (my city)" and pulled some names and numbers from the top results. I also went to my county's assessor website and did a search (by owner name) with the words "properties," "LLC," "Homes," etc. and got a good number of addresses to mail some letters to. The last source I used yesterday was the county tax sales website. They had a 2007-2014 list of all purchasers at tax sale auctions. I found a heavy hitter who is an architect/investor in my area.
Anyway, after speaking with a few wholesalers, landlords and investor, and getting their emails, I have a nice list created.
Flipper/Rehabber · Williamsburg, VA · Member since 2008 · 144 posts · 105 votes
11y
To add,
Recently, I searched www.gosection8.com and created a list of landlord names and numbers; I Google "We Buy Houses (my city)" or "We Buy Ugly Houses (my city)" and pulled some names and numbers from the top results. I also went to my county's assessor website and did a search (by owner name) with the words "properties," "LLC," "Homes," etc. and got a good number of addresses to mail some letters to. The last source I used yesterday was the county tax sales website. They had a 2007-2014 list of all purchasers at tax sale auctions. I found a heavy hitter who is an architect/investor in my area.
Anyway, after speaking with a few wholesalers, landlords and investor, and getting their emails, I have a nice list created.
Residential Real Estate Broker · Campbell, CA · Member since 2013 · 38 posts · 29 votes
11y
In addition to all these great ideas, I would add the following: 1. go to your city's trustee sales (on the steps of the courthouse) or an www.auction.com event in your area. These are places where the serious cash buyers hang out. They are happy to share their contact info if you tell them you will find them great deals. 2. I am sure this has already been mentioned too.....Local REIAs and real estate meet ups (www.meetup.com) are all places you will meet cash buyers. 3. Call all the local bandit signs hanging in your town that say "we buy houses for cash". 4. Connect with a local RE agent that can run a report of all homes that sold for cash in your area. You will then need to do a little research to get the owner name and address (typically available from online county records). These are just a few ideas off the top of my head that may or may not have already been mentioned.