What do you look for when hiring?

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I’m looking at possibly birddogging for a experienced investor. My primary job involves me driving all over my county and I find myself constantly on the look out for distressed properties and possible off market deals. I would like to work for someone to help them find deals that meet there criteria and make cold calls in return for experienced advice and help getting started with my own investing.

My question is, how to I make myself more marketable for this? I’ve read several books, spent hours watching podcasts, and turned my long drives into a mobile real estate investing university.

What qualities do you look for when making this type of hire?

Jerryll Noorden · Answer

Bird dogging won't get you any real skills.

If you really want to learn skills, you need to start wholesaling.

Wholesaling forces you to get good at getting ARV's (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling will force you to learn how to Negotiate (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling will force you to learn how to estimate cost of repairs (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling forces you how to market for off market below market value motivated sellers (Bird dogging does not)

Wholesaling trains you how to deal and talk and handle sellers (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling forces you how to handle and sign contracts. (Bird dogging does not)

Honestly what skills are you learning doing bird dogging?

A wholesaler needs to understand flipping, and buy & Holding.

But... hey... do you want affirmations so you can justify to yourself to do birddogging BECAUSE that is what you want to do?

OR

Do you REALLY want to learn skills that will get you to be successful in REI.

No need to tell me . This is a question for you to answer for YOU!

Good luck!

Jonathan Greene · Answer

@Julian Michon you already have what it takes to be an asset to an investor who doesn't drive or direct market the areas you drive through. Birddogging will never die, just as real estate agents will never be scaled out because of all the new ways people think they can sell and buy houses. Many of the eager off-market sellers will always be older folks and SEO and PPC will never matter to them. Go to some local REI meetups, make some contacts. If you are always driving for work, will listen to what someone is looking for, and have been doing the research, you are in an ideal spot to birddog and learn and will be useful to someone who doesn't mail.

Jerryll Noorden · Answer

I would honestly get better skills than birddogging mate.

I did. Other than building terminators, I got myself to be purty good at lead generation the RIGHT way.

Now I am quite the recognized authority on that exact skill.

Birddogging is a dying thing man. Sooner than later the world WILL catch up with me and see that SEO is the way to go. That PPC and FBads, is what gets you results reliably and on demand.

Julian Michon · Answer

@Johnathan Greene

I related heavily to your Bro post earlier. I know a few "RE investors" from the Army that fit your Bro description perfectly. That is why i am doing my due diligence to avoid fitting inside that criteria. I'm hoping to work with a local investor to expand my knowledge as much as possible before buying my first deal. I figured birddogging wouldn't be a bad start to gain some first hand experience. You've given me a new way of looking at it.

thanks for your insight, Johnathan.

Julian Michon · Answer

Thanks for the advice Jerryll.

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