All Forum Posts by: Rob Rawls

Edgar Aguillon did you end up contracting that property?

Agreed that it's difficult to mass market by door knocking. But like I said, my list is very targeted (my county, tax distressed, 40-100% equity, absentee owner) so the list isn't THAT massive. I figured there would be a higher return by face-to-face instead of mailings. My plan was to break down the owner's address by ZIP and spend a Saturday going to each ZIP and door knocking. I don't have bandit signs yet, but this would also be a great time for people that use signs to saturate the area. (2 birds, 1 stone)

Wondering if anyone has had any success in going to absentee owner's homes and knocking on their door/leaving a letter instead of mail-outs? I'm just starting out so my marketing has been very targeted for mail outs. (Only targeted out of city/state owners) but what about absentee owners that live in your area?

Yeah I'm actually listening to the BP Podcast with Mike Nelson right now and he just got done saying try not to take less than 5k for a deal. I guess it's all dependent. I think that you can definintely shoot for higher profits after you have rapport built with buyers, guess i keep thinking about it from a new-guy's perspective.

Wow, awesome. I'll try to make it... Thanks for the info

Hey everyone, just figured I'd post here to kind of introduce myself. I posted in the new member intro forum but since I'm going to be focusing on wholesaling I figured that I would post here. Just learning right now and getting my ducks in a row before I start marketing and getting some deals set up. I live in Jacksonville, FL and want to start networking and learning as much as I can from y'all.

The question I would like to pose to everyone here: why is it that most wholesalers try to make enormous profit just for marketing/negotiating/closing a sale. From what I've read, there are a lot of wholesalers that have a bad name in the investment community due to trying to overreach their profits, taking the spread away from the investor.

I guess that way would work for some, my plan is to take enough to make it worth my time... 2-3k depending on how long it took to market/how much i spent on marketing sounds great to me... I just dont understand taking 5-10k or more and never getting the same investor twice because its not as lucrative for them. If there is one thing that i have learned just by reading here its that wholesaling is about relationships and rapport with investors/buyers.

Hey everyone. After reading a lot on here I figured I'd create my account and get started. I'm just learning the game now, and trying to get started in wholesaling in the Jacksonville FL area. I'm 22 (a youngin, I know) and have a decent paying career right now, just trying to supplement that. Looking forward to learning as much as possible and evolving through different real estate strategies to increase my wealth as much as possible.