Where can I find motivated seller leads?

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Will BarnardPro Member
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Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Arturo Tomero:

What are good websites to find motivated sellers?

 No such thing! If you are listening to gurus preach how easy it is to find a deal and wholesale it or flip it, they are lying to you. There are no shortcuts or easy roads, finding motivated seller leads takes time, effort, money, and even some luck. You have to market for them, motivated seller's don't advertise on a website, "hey, I am motivated to sell my house."

You have to send out mailers, do SEO (need a website of course), door knock, etc. Casting a large net using many resources will also increase your odds of landing a deal.

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  • Jonathan GreeneBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Madison, NJ · Member since 2016 · 6k+ posts · 7k+ votes
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    They all use the same data or some subset of it. Need to Sell My House Fast dot com is ok, but they are all really the same, not good. Are you looking for yourself, to wholesale, or as an agent also? If you are looking for many properties, spending on sites has a better chance of being worth it, but if you are looking for just one, like a next property, personal letters after building a list on List Source is a good first step or using an app like Deal Machine to skip trace and mail properties that you already judged to be of value to you.

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Arturo Tomero:

    What are good websites to find motivated sellers?

     No such thing! If you are listening to gurus preach how easy it is to find a deal and wholesale it or flip it, they are lying to you. There are no shortcuts or easy roads, finding motivated seller leads takes time, effort, money, and even some luck. You have to market for them, motivated seller's don't advertise on a website, "hey, I am motivated to sell my house."

    You have to send out mailers, do SEO (need a website of course), door knock, etc. Casting a large net using many resources will also increase your odds of landing a deal.

  • Investor · Winhall, VT · Member since 2016 · 106 posts · 44 votes
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    Propstream is good, you can shortcut this a bit and go on fiverr and get skip traced propstream leads for roughly 8-10 cents each. I've had luck stacking distressors (absentee and in pre-foreclosure or absentee and a lien). All depends how targeted you want to be. 

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