The large wholesalers spend minimum 5 digits in hot markets where the profits are good like SoCal... one deal is so profitable like you've experienced that people ramp up the marketing efforts.Buying at 90% ARV from delusional sellers when hot foreign money that needs to be laundered is flooding your market makes profitability difficult and wastes a lot of time chasing the deals that everyone sees on MLS.Our company partnered up with a company that gets their lists in a more unique fashion than what is typically mentioned here and offer that to our clients for their mailing so they get better responses.It's better to dominate in a smaller market, than be a small fish in a competitive market is what I believe and what others have said as well in the podcasts.Even though our company offers direct mail and I've hooked people up, I think you need to re-visit your strategy and think about what you can do differently to improve the quality of your lists before mailing.

And that's not unique to wholesaling, Florida, or real estate.For better or worse, one person's "greed" is another person's "abide by the terms of the contract".

I have seen many sell very low as they cater to a more unique buyer and if there is another pressure to sell they may not have the time to wait and find a seller.

There are lot of rentals in Cedar falls close to the university (Univ of Northern Iowa) but my property is unique newly built (2010) and nothing compares to it. 

Then you have to go back to the applicant and let them know that providing their SIN is the only way you will be able to isolate the correct reports.When you search any database, if you do not use a unique key, you run the possibility of having multiple records returned.

A few spots did have post and column bases which I inserted Lally columns to raise.Don't just trust the way I did it though since each property has its own unique challanges and safety requirements, you will need to do extensive research yourself for your situation.Hope this helps..

Be careful and post the out come should be interesting..

Older properties have unique issues. 

Just curious, do you guys use realtors as managers of the flip process (finding contractors, etc) or are you partnering with someone elsewhere who gets an equity stake in the outcome?

I am fairly certain that the laws in California will be unique to that State.Does one charge points?