Searching for property

[Jalen Smith]

Hey everyone, my dad and I recently have started our real estate journey and are super excited!! We’re from Michigan (Metro-Detroit area). We’re currently running into a problem and I hope you can help us out. Our market doesn’t show a lot of desirable houses in our price range (around $50k) but we know there are deals out there. Does anyone have good strategies to find off market deals?

[Canesha Edwards]

@Jalen Smith

Hey Jalen-

Congrats on taking the step to get started. Have you tried looking through the county assessors office? In GA we have Qpublic- which basically is a data base of property information for a given county. I would see if your area has something like this.

The other option you have is to drive for dollars. Pick an area, drive around and look for homes that may be abandoned or need work. Write the address down, then you can skip trace the address in the Whitepages and get the owners information.

I’m guessing you’re looking to buy all cash with the $50k saved or will you finance the property?

Also, keep in mind there could be other problems with the property as well, unpaid taxes, utility bills, etc. Make sure you are aware of any other bills that might be associated with a property before you buy.

Best of luck to you.

Canesha