Creative ways to find deals?

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what's been the most creative strategy you used to find deals when you first started wholesaling?

what's been the most effective "free" way to find deals that you've used? I put free in quotations because I know that with things like gas and all that, it isn't completely free

Brian Gibbons · Answer

@Michael Garrison

yeah fraud and misrepresentation, Bbb and Dept of real estate in Tallahassee Fl complaints, cease and desist letter coming your way!

@John Thedford

John Thedford · Answer

DBPR is coming to speak in Jan. The program is on what determines unlicensed real estate brokering. @Brian Gibbonscome attend. They will have an investigator from DBPR. Should be interesting and informational for all, agent and unlicensed brokers alike!

Account Closed · Answer

John,

Please keep us advised on how this goes, should be interesting since they had no clue to the amount of short sale fraud that was going on in their own backyard 2010 -2013.

Nick

Jay Hinrichs · Answer

@John Thedford  one of two things happened with my request for broker services in Nevada . One a Nevada Mortgage broker made a complaint,, or two state of Neveda was trolling BP... probably someone narcing on me.

And once the RE community in Florida realize's whats legal and not.. I suspect you will have a bunch of unlicensed wholesalers getting turned in..

John Thedford · Answer

@Bill Gulleyyou are the second one with that request. Not sure how the DBPR employee would feel but certainly going to ask. Should be informative and I believe would be good for agents as well as "wholesalers".

A couple recent posts @Jay Hinrichswhere he received a letter from a state agency regarding unlicensed activity was interesting. In one he questioned whether his ad in the marketplace might have triggered the inquiry? It's kind of hard to "erase" a post on BP:)

If I get permission to record I will definitely post it here.

Bill Gulley · Answer

John, record it for us!

Best marketing that costs noting, or very little, talk to people you meet!

Simple, "I'm looking for a house, do you know anyone who might sell their house? " Not hard!

Or, "know anyone looking for a home""

Doesn't cost a dime, simple, you can meet 20 people a day. They know at least 10 people, you just covered 200 people.

It works!

I wouldn't advertise in print if I were you. :)

Michael Garrison · Answer

Not very creative but setting up "open house" in mine and friends homes for buyers. And of course ghost ads and signs. I've als ok put bandit signs at drive through window and at gas pumps. I know,  shame on me.

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