All Forum Posts by: Joey Chavez

@Anthony McEvoy Yes Scottsdale Arizona as well as California, Washington and some others.

@Kiefer Hazard  

Welcome! Real Estate Investing can definitely give you that rewarding feeling!  BP has also been the ultimate game changer when it comes to successful real estate investing and networking with other investors and getting deals done correctly. Congratulations and I wish you all the best. You are not alone in your real estate ambition.   Feel free to reach out with any questions. I’d love to help.

Hi @Meaghan Williams welcome to Bigger Pockets! You came to the right place for real estate investing. On Bigger Pockets, you can real out to experienced real estate investors while getting deals done the right way.  Congratulations and I wish you nothing but success. You are not alone in your real estate ambition.  Feel free to message me with any questions.

Hi @Brad Metz welcome to Bigger Pockets! You came to the right place for real estate investing. On Bigger Pockets, you can real out to experienced real estate investors while getting deals done the right way.  Congratulations and I wish you nothing but success. You are not alone in your real estate ambition.  Feel free to message me with any questions.

@Erica Allen Some individuals start off by driving for dollars until they realize they can better utilize their time - I personally found that Data is key when purchasing. Knocking on doors (aka "driving for dollars") is an outdated way of doing this. We now have DATA and computers and direct mail making our lives easier and our time more lucrative. 

We’re direct mail acquisition machines all without leaving our office (home, or wherever we happen to be that day - haha). We pull assessor data from a direct link of the type of properties in the areas we want and send ALL the property owners an offer.

We scrub and spend a tremendous amount of time on pricing, because although these offers may be a lot less than retail, they are not out of the question. We explain in our offer letter to sellers that we are serious investors, we are not agents/brokers, we pay cash, and are prepared to close in as soon as x number days. Then we wait for the motivated sellers to call us - and believe me they do. It works amazingly well, and it is how we get there first. Let's connect and feel free to message me!

@Albert Mainja It’s easy to start out with no marketing money believe it or not. You just need to budget for records and mail basically. Then get funding through another source (several out there) and build capital that way until you can fund your own deals.

It's really easy to sell land with no marketing money too - TONS of free places to post. And yes, feel free to message me for any other help.

@Ryan Murphy Welcome to Bigger Pockets! BP is a great place to network, learn about the real estate investing business, and get deals done correctly. Great question by the way. We are direct mail acquisition machines all without leaving our office (or home, or wherever we happen to be that day - haha). We pull assessor data from a direct link of the type of properties in the areas we want and send ALL the property owners an offer.

We scrub and spend a tremendous amount of time on pricing, because although these offers may be a lot less than retail, they are not out of the question. We explain in our offer letter to sellers that we are serious investors, we are not agents/brokers, we pay cash, and are prepared to close in as soon as x number days. Then we wait for the motivated sellers to call us - and believe me they do. It works amazingly well, and it is how we get there first. Feel free to message me with any questions. 

@Albert Mainja I Love this question pop up - it’s right up my alley Albert.

Not sure if you are already doing so, but I would definitely recommend you market to LLCs - so many of our deals come from that. You’re removing a lot of potential deals if you remove LLCs. I would also recommend pursuing any neighborhood A-D as long as it matches your acquisition criteria and passes all of your tests.

Now as far as driving for dollars - there’s a better way!

We are wholesalers of many types of properties, and one of the reasons it is so great is because we can do it from literally anywhere, we don't have to be where we are looking to buy - this alone saves us valuable time that can be spent elsewhere.

We are direct mail acquisition machines all without leaving our office (or home, or wherever we happen to be that day - haha). We pull assessor data from a direct link of the type of properties in the areas we want and send ALL the property owners an offer. (Not only out of state or tax delinquent.)

We scrub the list and then spend a tremendous amount of time on pricing, because although these offers may be a lot less than retail, they are not out of the question. We explain in our offer letter to sellers that we are serious investors, we are not agents/brokers, we pay cash, and are prepared to close in as soon as x number days. Then we wait for the motivated sellers to call us - and believe me they do. It works amazingly well, and it is how we get there first.

Knocking on doors (aka "driving for dollars") is an outdated way of doing this nowadays. We now have DATA and computers and direct mail making our lives easier and our time more lucrative.

Please feel free to message me if you have any questions!

@Cody Malave, Welcome to BP! This is maybe the greatest free resource to help you get started in Real Estate Investment there is on the internet. Congratulations and I wish you a ton of success.   Feel free to message me with any questions.

@Joshua Anderson Welcome to BP. It seems like a simple thing but reaching out in BiggerPockets about getting started as a real estate investor is a great first step. Congratulations and I wish you a ton of success. Feel free to message me with any questions.