I am focused on creating realestate experiences that meet my client’s financial goals, without the smoke and mirrors oftraditional realty companies.I have created a team at Galaxy Real Estate Company that is highly trained and motivated toprovide real estate experiences that are convenient, transparent, and rewarding.Specialties include: Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Broker Services, InvestmentProperties, Property Management, Real Estate Auctions and Short Sales, Direct Marketing.EXPERIENCECEOGalaxy Real Estate Company, LLCJanuary 2012 – Present (3 years 8 months)Responsibilities: Leverage years of experience to ensure clients are operating with best real estate team inTexas. Oversee a team highly trained professionals who proactively seek out and exercisemodern real estate practices. Area expert on trends, school ratings, zoning, and projected expansion.Achievements:AgentEmpire Realty BrokerageSeptember 2006 – Present (9 years)Responsibilities: Effectively communicate with clients to navigate property market. Enthusiastic agent, conducting open houses and showing homes on nights and weekends. Employ successful marketing strategies using web, print and social media outlets.Achievements:CEO/AgentPaula Stewart & Associates, Inc.February 2004 – December 2009 (5 years 11 months)Responsibilities: Manage and operate real estate offices, handling associated business details. Negotiate sales contracts to include: price, settlement details, and other closing terms. Research properties for sale, to include: location, description, and financing options. Maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws, and government programs.Achievements:Sales AgentPrudential Texas RealtyMarch 2005 – December 2006 (1 year 10 months)Responsibilities: Represented clients in rental, purchase, and sales transactions. Conducted thorough market research specific to client’s needs. Negotiated conditions of sale, and executed real estate contracts.Achievements:Sales AgentCentury21 Capital Realty Inc.July 2002 – December 2004 (2 years 6 months)Responsibilities: Display commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential properties to clients and explain their features. Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price. Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.

Watch the podcasts for they offer many different ways to approach and they also  offer great motivation from their success story.  

Specifically I'm looking for contractors that have a work force that can tackle multiple projects at once (if needed), are motivated by repeat business, and will give me solid consistent pricing.

I hope this will increase the content level by allowing and motivating more of us to contribute our success stories with each other ThanksGarrett 

Look for motivation when the owner calls you, have a script ready if needed.

Since he owned the house free and clear and was willing to go so low, I knew he was motivated.

Now that I have atleast 10 prospective buyers and their criterias I want to know what is the best beginner method to finding motivated sellers??

For motivation/incentive, add 1k substantially done with penalties for missing deadline.On timelines, I believe start to finish, it is a total of 4-6 months, 1 month acq, 1-2 months rehab, 2 months to unload.

They don't have to be in the business to tell you if a rehab job is crappy or a neighborhood is slummy.You can vet pm companies all you want, get home inspections, etc but nothing beats physically looking at the quality of the rehab work and walking around a neighborhood and talking to other residents.Scammers or not, I would think that it's very difficult to go into an unknown market--without any connections who don't have ulterior motives--and make savvy decisions with your money.Start with the connections you do have and go there.

My question is when the motivated sellers start calling in and they want to sell me their house.