All Forum Posts by: Jade Davis

I came to read as a newbie because you said you're expanding fast. Congratulations! I have no words of advice as I am quite new to REI however I love to read about others success.

It sounds to me like @Aaron McGinnis is pointing you in the right direction.

Craiglist is one of the many great ways to find leads for motivated sellers as well as for buyers when it comes to wholesaling. You can purchase lists of leads from places such as ListSource.com or can go down to your county clerk and ask for the lists. You can also place bandit signs (which is not legal in many counties so you will need to check your counties oridances). This is just the tip of the ice berg. Good luck.

Listsource is a popular one however first, you should try and find the leads yourself. It will be time consuming but at least you will have an appreciation for the process and WHY you are willing to spend money to get the leads rather than find them yourself. Sometimes the information is available online and sometimes you have to go down to your local clerks office.

Well if your campaign has six touches (i.e. a yellow letter first then a month later a post card then a month  later another yellow letter) and you have your first touch in December, you'll see results around Feb-March when the weather is getting nicer. IMO, it's the perfect time to start.

Plus... Holidays are coming, people need money. Who knows, maybe they'll be more likely to sell to you.

What @Mary B. said. Honestly I find a landlord who wouldn't take care of that him or herself to be kind of sketchy. That most certainly should be your responsability IMHO. You check them (batteries should last six months) and you replace as needed.

When their isn't snow on the ground for starters....

Hahaha. Yes, this. This is great. 

I learn something new everyday. Good question.  

@everyone thanks! 

I am no pro around here so I can't say for sure but it seems to me that (at least in my area), SFR are the best investments. Another local investor at a meeting said that when someone or a family lives on a home on their own in a homw their more likely to treat it with care and respect because it is less like an apartment.