This-evening my family had supper at the local pizza diner and we struck up a conversation with the couple sitting nearby. Empty nesters, thinking about near retirement, considering getting into real estate “have like a couple airb&b’s close by” 💣Boom there it is :-) I want to get to know the folks on multiple levels, She works at the local post office (guys I live rural- we are talking maybe 10k people wthin 1 hour of my place) that connection when looking for a bird dog is 💎) He does custom metal work and has construction backstory 😎 and they are potential Buyers…. And Finders 🤯 knock me over with a feather that blew my mind… they might see the opportunities and not know it yet… they might be ready to buy now and just ill-informed on how to do it in this market🧐 they don’t have experience negotiating the in-between so everyone gains from the transaction…. And I met them by having a conversation… I didn’t go out of my way about it… it just happened. “Tell the world what you need … tell it what you want…. Then go about doing what is necessary to obtain it. It will happen sooner then you expect”

“Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, Repeat” 😎This is a niche in Real Estate that many “House Hackers” and Landlords hang out… you do it right it can have amazing results… if your wholesaling then these people can be one of your repeat customers :-) When I bought my home 2017-2018 it was a stretch… I didn't think it was possible, I had a persistent realtor though who worked us into it on a lease purchase agreement and within 3 days of moving in we had AirB&B guests filling the empty rooms to see the eclipse…. It took 6months to full-fill on the purchase. Over the next 2 years we renovated the Garage into what became fondly referred to as “The Cottage”.and we applied a combination of STR and LTR over the years as my family began to grow we shifted away from STR and it is now 2 unit LTR. Around the beginning of the year we refinanced the property pulling out nearly 20k in equity which we were able to use towards the purchase of another property(🤫seller finance😉)… completing our first BRRRR cycle :-) 🤓I wish I had known a wholesaler to help me get a better deal 7 years ago, I didn't even know what a wholesaler did till a year ago! 💥To those with experience: What kind of person do you wish you knew when you got started? 💥To those who are new: What hurtle are you facing right now? 🥷If your brave— what are you doing (or not) that is keeping you from the progress you want this week? What are you doing about it today?💎

I can’t wait to see you all For office hours! I’m going to move it to 12:30pm pst. Today, Wednesday! Bring all your questions! See you then!! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83208578376?pwd=4ELb9ZM1tepPg65bOySWqnkm5zCQrm.1

In December 2023 I started making calls and txts to agents and FSBO(for sale by owner) of properties listed on Zillow and Realtor.com both in my back yard and in a virtual market I have several connections in… both markets I found are difficult to comp due to being non-disclosure states. I had one competitive advantage and that was I had been watching my Backyard Market for years (habit I started back when I bought my home) So after a couple weeks of after-hours work and driving conversations as I traveled to or from work I found a warm lead… the seller was on vacation till new years and so I arranged to walk the house after he got back. It was a perfect fit… Before the day was out I had found a buyer and we Arranged a time to meet and sign papers. The Buyer whittled my inexperienced wholesale fee from 7k to 2k ….. I was good with that, it was my first time, he went over the paperwork with me and fronted the EMD. The deal was set to close by Jan 15th and I was on fire…. Proof of concept, out of 20 offers I made in January his was the 2nd. As it got close to closing I reached out to the Title company and found that my Buyer had not been in touch with them at all….my anxiety ran through the roof! I couldn’t get ahold of the buyer or the seller. I spoke with The escrow officer on the 15th — there were delays as stuff had come up that needed cleaning up on the Title old records that never got properly closed….. 2 weeks went by and I finally got ahold of the buyer, he told me he would be there for closing and made it only after the seller told him he had another buyer lined up if he didn't show up in the next hour…. A week later Title deposited my check. Financially I didn't get much more then half the time I put into it if I was going off my hourly cost. Here is what I got that was priceless - proof of concept and a hand to hold through the process - An appreciation for and insight into Transaction Coordinators skills and value - A crash course in real estate ethics - Experience Negotiating both with the seller and with the buyer — in case you arn’t aware “buyers are liars and sellers are worse” - Insights into the need for and process of vetting people and businesses involved in a transaction - A knowledge that I want to Double Close my Wholesales if at all possible - A knowledge that I want to fill the closed door lenders gap (I could have kept it and flipped it if I could have found a lender that would work with me rather then just give me a no answer.) - A fixed determination to become a full time real estate investor! And help others on their journey.