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Nick Patterson
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Chicago, IL
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Who sold me my last 20 deals? A List...

Nick Patterson
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Chicago, IL
Posted

Did a post last week on how I found my last 20 buildings.
Which gave me an idea to jot down who these sellers were.

Bank Sale: 8
Long Time Owner / Retiring: 8
Estate Sale: 3
Wholesaler: 1

Takeaways,  I LOVE the old fellas.  The guys with lots of equity looking to cash out and move to Florida.   They are the most willing to just "sell" and not fight over a small difference in price because they know 1) I will close and 2) They just want to get out.  

Bank sales are nice too.  

Estate sales while nice involve a LOT of headaches.  We are 100% on the distant cousin who lives 1000 miles away thinking the $200,000 property is worth $1,000,000...