Where Are You Finding the Most Motivated Sellers Right Now?

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Lately I’ve been noticing some shifts, certain types of properties are generating way more traction than others. Curious where you are seeing the hottest leads.

Is it land, tired landlords, vacant properties, something else?

Would love to hear what’s working in your market right now!

Amir Twig · Answer

Hey Don! Really appreciate you sharing your strategy. As an investor I’ve definitely explored a few similar paths, especially when it comes to distressed commercial assets.

I like the idea of structuring deals that give the borrower a second shot—either through leasebacks or reworking the loan into something performable. I’ve typically gone the direct-to-seller or agent relationship route, but I’ve been seeing more investors successfully approach notes and pre-foreclosures with this kind of hybrid model.

Hiren Patani · Answer

@Zeeshan S. First of all thanks for message. I’m interested in learning more about your SMS campaign. We should connect and talk. Thanks. Looking forward to it.

Zeeshan S. · Answer

Great question, Amir! I've been noticing a lot of action around tired landlords and pre-foreclosures—especially with properties close to auction dates. It's all about timing and messaging.

In my work with SMS marketing campaigns, I’ve found that tailoring messages specifically to these motivated seller categories can generate amazing results. If you'd like, I’d be happy to share some strategies or walk you through a few campaigns that are working wonders right now. Let me know!

Kerry Noble Jr · Answer

Tired landlord and preforeclosures

Amir Twig · Answer

Thanks for sharing that, Zeeshan. Sounds like you’ve got some solid strategies in place. I’ve definitely seen how timing plays a big role with tired landlords and pre-foreclosures too. Appreciate you chiming in!

Derrick Gaskin · Answer

Yes Amir, we shall connect.

Stephen Morales · Answer

Hey @Amir Twig,At our company we preach volume. Most of our users seeing success are targeting owners with high equity and keeping the maximum value to 5-10% of the median sale value of your market and ownership at 3 years minimum. You can also narrow it down by doing absentee or out of state owners with 2-3 properties in their portfolio. Volume is key though with high equity.

Roi Azoulay · Answer

@Amir Twig It depends on your market, here in NYC we had a good 5-6 years of foreclosures and now it is no longer the best route as a number of foreclosures went down drastically.

Most sellers I meet with in person are either the tired landlord type, a probate situation where you compete with many other offers, or sometimes even the probate attorney has someone in-house. In some markets, there are more distressed homes, damaged houses, etc. I think that the route to continue investing your marketing efforts is what brings you more appointments and more new relationships that will hopefully be translated to deals.

Don Konipol · Answer

Everyone is targeting “motivated” sellers - com[edition in most markets is fierce.What’s needed is either (1) a LOT more money to spend on marketing than anyone else or (2) a unique approach that few are utilizing and that works. Our approach is to purchase notes secured by real estate where the borrower has defaulted and all paperwork for foreclosure has been filed.  We will then attempt to work out a deal with the borrower - sometimes taking majority interest but leaving the defaulted borrower with an agreed on minority ownership.  Other times we will end up taking full ownership - but either leasing the property back to the borrower (if they’re a user) or offering them an option to purchase.  Still other times we will complete the foreclosure ( it can take up to 3 years depending on the state and if their borrower files BK.  But our first effort is to get the borrower to agree to a loan modification and have them retain ownership and us getting g a performing note. We do this on commercial property with investors only, we don’t deal with homeowners.

Zeeshan S. · Answer

@Amir Twig Thank you for these words. I would like to talk more.

Where Are You Finding the Most Motivated Sellers Right Now?

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