How are YOU finding deals?

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John Thedford
Real Estate Broker · Naples, FL · Member since 2013 · 9k+ posts · 6k+ votes
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The last one...Craigslist-advertised as under market..and it was

One before that: Craigslist-owner found me and wanted out fast

One before that: Craigslist-distressed owner found me

One before that: HUD property

One before that: MLS listed property

Working on one that I may lock up this week: if it works out...Craigslist

Now you know why I encourage people to use CL:)

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  • Christian Bors
    Real Estate Agent · Mechanicsburg, PA · Member since 2014 · 529 posts · 217 votes
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    1) mls 2) Freddie foreclosure 3) estate auction 4) poa of a lady who went into a nursing home 5) estate auction
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  • Monicia Grice
    Investor · Duncanville, TX · Member since 2015 · 5 posts · 0 votes
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    Originally posted by @Eric Smith:

    4 have been through a wholesaler and the last one through a referral from an attorney.

     Eric what part of Texas are you in?? I need a GOOD SOLID buyer - I'm  in DALLAS Texas 

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  • Monicia Grice
    Investor · Duncanville, TX · Member since 2015 · 5 posts · 0 votes
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    Originally posted by @Scott Beck:

    Three through MLS and two through REIA connections.

     Scott are you a BUYER?? 

    I need a GOOD SOLID buyer in DALLAS Texas

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  • Solomon Bluzenstein
    Investor · NJ · Member since 2013 · 24 posts · 1 vote
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    Most of my leads come thru agents but my deals just come from giving offers that I think the house is worth. I gave an offer of 170k a few weeks ago on a bank owned property listed for 225K and it got accepted! 

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    Real Estate Broker · Chicago, IL · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 5k+ votes
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    1 and 2 = MLS

    3 =  Direct Mail (thanks @Jerry Puckett )

    4 and 5 = off market from a seller I have bought from before

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  • David Rundle
    Engineer · Oklahoma City, OK · Member since 2013 · 144 posts · 44 votes
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    Driving for Dollars

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  • Griffin F.
    Wolcott, CT · Member since 2013 · 139 posts · 49 votes
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    1) MLS

    2) Wholesaler

    3) Direct Mail

    4) Direct Mail

    5) Wholesaler

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  • Charline R.
    Investor · Canada · Member since 2012 · 19 posts · 0 votes
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    Thanks Joe,
    That what I thought.


    Originally posted by @Joe Fairless:
    Originally posted by @Charline R.:

    Hi There, Great thread!

    How do I get on to MLS? Every time I search there I get a "foreclosure fortunes" site!

     Thanks for any help.

    Charline

     You've got to be an agent in most cities. However, in some, it's publicly available 

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  • Larry Turowski
    Flipper/Rehabber · Rochester, NY · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    1. MLS (flip)

    2. Direct marketing (flip)

    3. Wholesaler (buy and hold)

    4. Wholesaler (buy and hold that turned into a flip)

    5. Online lead (lfipped to a  fellow investor)

    Also have a MLS and direct marketing deal coming up.

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  • Christopher B.
    Rental Property Investor · Knoxville, TN · Member since 2011 · 701 posts · 531 votes
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    Starting from most recent:

    1: agent found off-market property through their network

    2: different agent locked down foreclosure before it hit market, wholesaled to me

    3: wholesaler found a FSBO

    4: purchased a package of 4 houses from an estate 

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  • Franklin Romine
    Visalia-Fresno, CA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 863 votes
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    A deal I have in escrow... I found from driving around, saw a nasty tenant house, looked up the owner and left messages on the phone #'s that looked to be tied to the owner.  Two weeks later I got a call back from a elderly lady in a convalescence home that was related to the owner.  That old lady gave her daughter in law, which was the owner, my # and we met and worked out a deal.  

    We are fishermen/women fishing everyday.  Put a bunch poles in the water.


    Frank

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  • Brandon Chin
    Investor · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2015 · 22 posts · 3 votes
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    Focus on a particular neighborhood that is safe and appealing both for renting out and selling. Wait patiently until a well priced turnkey property appears on the MLS.

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  • Andrew Davis
    Investor · Asheville, NC · Member since 2011 · 833 posts · 499 votes
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    Great thread @Brandon Turner !

    3 off the MLS

    One DFD/Direct Mail

    One from a bank referral

    One FSBO

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  • Bruce Faulk
    New York City, NY · Member since 2015 · 46 posts · 15 votes
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    Again, fantastic stuff @Brandon Turner- thanks.  Looking for my first....

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  • Jassem A.
    Investor · PA · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 602 votes
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    13 from realtor.com and 1 from craigslist

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  • Rae Remer
    Real Estate Agent · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2013 · 44 posts · 4 votes
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  • Che Chiu Wong
    Jersey City, NJ · Member since 2015 · 280 posts · 98 votes
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    Least recent to most recent:

    1) Zillow (can you imagine?)

    2) MLS

    3) Same agent from #2 

    4) Friend (also in Real Estate) passed it over, which is from wholesaler

    5) An agent who I met before, but then sealed a deal during a Happy Hour =)

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  • Nathan P.
    Investor · Burnaby, British Columbia · Member since 2015 · 12 posts · 1 vote
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    I wish I had 5 deals! Still trying to hustle for my first

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