All Forum Posts by: Austin Bright

That makes sense. I do worry as more and more time goes by, it's going to be hard for me to not lower the offer. My market is slowing down.

Would you mention this saying something to the effect of "I understand you are exploring other options. As the market changes, I'll have to adjust my offer accordingly. May I follow up in a month?"

I don't want to seem threatening, but I want them to understand my offer isn't going to get higher.

I have a question about how often I should follow up with a warm/hot lead. See details below.

Two weeks ago, I got in touch with a seller looking to move from a his house that needed a lot of work. Got in touch on a Thursday, visited the property on Friday and made an offer.

I followed up on Monday 11/11 via call and text, no answer. Tuesday I called and texted again. I was able in touch the seller and he countered 20K higher than my offer. I came up 15K and told him I'd touch base Friday 11/15.

I called/texted Friday and Saturday and got no answer. I tried again yesterday (Monday) and he responded that he's interested, but exploring "other options". He said he'd call me today (Tuesday). He has not.

Is it appropriate to call/text once a day? Should I move on and wait a month? Is it better to be persistent and reach out once a day, or does that make me look desperate and encourage the seller to ask for even more? What would you do?

Thanks! Wholesailing in Texas is legal if done properly. I've done via partnering with agents on deals for a few years. I'm becoming an agent for MLS access so I can a greater degree of confidence in data accuracy.

I'd like to take on wholesailing myself so that I can continue to work on my rental portfolio at a faster pace. If any broker has advice on how I can obtain sponsorship in DFW while working part-time (I already work full-time), I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for your input! 

Hi! I work full time and have partnered with others in DFW on assignment of contract deals for a few years now. I am wrapping up my licensing education with the intent of being able to buy and wholesale solo part-time, while keeping my full time job.

How would I go about finding a brokerage that would sponsor me as a sales agent while allowing me to have this flexibility? Or would most brokerages need their agents full time?

Thanks!

Hi! I work full time and have partnered with others in DFW on assignment of contract deals for a few years now. I am wrapping up my licensing education with the intent of being able to buy and wholesale solo part-time, while keeping my full time job.

How would I go about finding a brokerage that would sponsor me as a sales agent while allowing me to have this flexibility? Or would most brokerages need their agents full time?

Thanks!

 on the apify screen it warns not to share the key. I deleted it in this post but I plugged it in. I messaged you separately.

Hi David,

Thanks for writing that code. To get it to run, I need to replace that first text with my API Key? Is this the right "Key" (screenshot attached). There's a bunch of them. When I push run, it looks like nothing is coming back (see screenshot). Where does the Google Collab return the Property IDs? I'm testing with the California addresses you put in there at the bottom.

import requests
from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
import json
import time

APIFY_API_URL = '

' # Plug in the provided API URL

def geocode_address(address):
geolocator = Nominatim(user_agent="redfin_scraper", timeout=10) # Increased timeout to 10 seconds
try:
location = geolocator.geocode(address)
if location:
return location.latitude, location.longitude
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error geocoding address {address}: {e}")
return None, None

def search_redfin(lat, lng):
search_url = f"https://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/location-autocomplete?location={lat},{lng}"
headers = {'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}
response = requests.get(search_url, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:
try:
json_text = response.text.split('&&')[1]
return json.loads(json_text)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, IndexError) as e:
print("Error decoding JSON response:", e)
print("Response text:", response.text)
return None
return None

def extract_home_id(search_results):
try:
payload = search_results.get('payload')
if not payload:
return None
region_views = payload.get('regionViews')
if not region_views:
return None
root = region_views.get('__root')
if not root:
return None
for result in root:
if 'home' in result:
return result['home']['id']
except KeyError as e:
print(f"KeyError: {e}")
return None

def construct_redfin_detail_url(state, city, street, zip_code, home_id):
street_formatted = street.replace(' ', '-')
city_formatted = city.replace(' ', '-')
return f"https://www.redfin.com/{state}/{city_formatted}/{street_formatted}/home/{home_id}"

def query_apify_redfin_scraper(detail_url):
api_url = APIFY_API_URL
payload = {
"detailUrls": [{"url": detail_url}],
"debugLog": False
}
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(payload))
if response.status_code == 201:
try:
return response.json()['data']['id']
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print("Error decoding JSON response:", e)
print("Response text:", response.text)
return None
return None

def get_apify_scraper_results(run_id):
api_url = f"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tri_angle~redfin-detail/runs/{run_id}/dataset/items?token=***"
while True:
response = requests.get(api_url)
if response.status_code == 200:
try:
data = response.json()
if data:
return data
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print("Error decoding JSON response:", e)
print("Response text:", response.text)
return None
time.sleep(10) # Wait for 10 seconds before retrying
return None

def main(addresses):
results = []
for address in addresses:
lat, lng = geocode_address(address)
if lat and lng:
search_results = search_redfin(lat, lng)
if search_results:
home_id = extract_home_id(search_results)
if home_id:
parts = address.split(',')
street = parts[0].strip()
city = parts[1].strip()
state_zip = parts[2].strip().split(' ')
state = state_zip[0]
zip_code = state_zip[1]
detail_url = construct_redfin_detail_url(state, city, street, zip_code, home_id)
run_id = query_apify_redfin_scraper(detail_url)
if run_id:
scraper_results = get_apify_scraper_results(run_id)
results.append(scraper_results)
return results

addresses = [
"123 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90001",
"456 Elm St, San Francisco, CA 94102"
# Add more addresses here
]

detail_urls = main(addresses)
print(json.dumps(detail_urls, indent=2))