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All Forum Posts by: Carl Flint

Carl Flint has started 16 posts and replied 120 times.

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64
Originally posted by @Ian Walsh:

If you bring good deals to investors there is nothing to worry about.  The only reputation I see wholesalers getting in our market are the ones that don't know their numbers and put out bad deals.  Your work will dictate your reputation.  

This one 👌🏻

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Mark Cruse beautiful. Thank you so much. Reading your post somehow gave me a boost of motivation.

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Don Konipol that’s honestly precisely how I see the wholesaler. As a guy/girl who connects the dots.

I can understand the grey area though. It’s never easy with something like that. It can go on and on.

You bring up a good point with the wholesaler who stands behind his earnest money and will close himself if he can’t sell the contract. I’m sure it’s very rare, but it’s honorable.

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Jay Hinrichs I never said anything about wholesaling from the MLS. But yeah I get your point.

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Eric James does the wholesaler write his/her own contract? Or is there like a universal guide to writing a contract?

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Don Konipol I’ve never heard someone bring that point up before. That’s really smart. I have two questions:

1. If you’re a licensed agent why do you have to “represent” anyone. You can’t just operate as a wholesaler and not under a brokerage?

2. What do you mean by principal?

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Don Konipol thanks for your post.

I like the way you described the role of a wholesaler and pointed out where/when his/her services would be of value.

So, as long as you have a license wholesaling real estate is perfectly legal?

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

@Brian Jaime yeah that makes perfect sense. I’m sure approaching it this way you may get more people to want to give advice and help through the early phases of your RE endeavors. Good info.

Post: How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

Hey guys

I have yet to do my first deal. I have 6+ months of research and the “learning phase” under my belt. At this point, I know that in my market I want to start with wholesaling.

I am going on realtor.com and other similar sites and texting/calling 10 agents a day just to say I’m an investor and I am looking for good cash deals.

I firmly believe that as long as you have a good deal then you’ve got something to work with. So, I’m on the hunt for a great deal.

Here’s what I’m afraid of: I don’t want to tarnish my name among the community as someone who talks a big game but can’t close... what if someone brings me a great deal to wholesale but I can’t find a cash buyer?

And conversely, if I go out and start networking with cash buyers as “someone who can wholesale them great deals” before hand to get a base of buyers... how do I avoid becoming known as the guy who can’t deliver when it comes time to deliver a deal?

Does that makes sense? Please help.

Post: Wholesale question 🙋🏻‍♂️

Carl FlintPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Los Angeles
  • Posts 125
  • Votes 64

I’ve been more and more interested in wholesaling as of late.

Question: When you’re a wholesaler who is your primary demographic of customer? What I mean is who is the most common type of customer that buys wholesale deals? Is it individuals or companies? Who is the target audience?