How to Find and Fund Real Estate Deals with Anson Young

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From the millions of people who come to BiggerPockets each month, there are two issues that we hear about over and over and over: People can’t find deals, and they can’t find money. So today on the BiggerPockets Podcast, we’re excited to dive deep into these two issues with a good friend of BiggerPockets—Anson Young. Anson is an experienced investor (and new author!) who shares his best tips for finding real estate deals, even in a competitive market. You’ll learn his best direct mail tips, advice for talking with sellers, and much, much more!

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In This Episode We Cover:

• Who is Anson Young?
• How many deals he has done so far
• The most common mistakes made when finding deals
• How to set the right criteria
• Where to find great properties
• How to cut through the competition
• Tips for using CRMS and checklists for direct mail marketing
• Where Anson gets his lists
• What exactly a probate is
• How to maximize networking and referrals
• How to use bandit signs the right way
• The bonuses you’ll get with Anson’s book
• What you need to know about funding deals
• And SO much more!

Links from the Show

• BiggerPockets Forums
• BiggerPockets Store
• ListSource
• BiggerPockets Podcast 034: Virtual Real Estate Investing and How to Find Great Deals in a Hot Market with Anson Young
• BiggerPockets Podcast 096: Finding Deals, Wholesaling and House Flipping in a Hot Market With Anson Young
• BiggerPockets Podcast 144: Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone and Kicking Butt at Real Estate with Danny Johnson
• BiggerPockets Podcast 232: The Four Lead Sources Nathan Brooks is Using to Flip 120 Houses a Year
• Podio

Books Mentioned in this Show

• Finding and Funding Great Deals by Anson Young
• The book on investing with Low or No Money Down by Brandon Turner
• The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
• Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Tweetable Topics:

• “Step one is always finding out where you want to be for what you want to do.” (Tweet This!)
• “The more work it takes, the less competition I have.” (Tweet This!)
• “I don’t trust anyone’s numbers.” (Tweet This!)

Connect with Anson

• Anson’s BiggerPockets Profile

Anson’s book is now available!

Note By BiggerPockets: These are opinions written by the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of BiggerPockets.