Virtual Real Estate Investing & How To Find Great Deals

Many investors find themselves trapped by a heated market – but today’s guest shows that it is fully possible to invest in real estate – even in a hot real estate market.

Anson Young, who lives in the Denver area, joins us today to chat about finding great deals locally and virtually, as well as tips for working with agents, dealing with assignments, and a whole lot more. Anson is a fun guy who has a ton of awesome tips to share with everyone, so don’t miss today’s show!

Read the transcript to episode 34 with Anson Young here.

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In This Show, We Cover

The “crap jobs” that led to Anson’s real estate investing career
How Anson partnered on his first deal without doing any labor
Finding great deals on the MLS
How Anson finds the best neighborhoods to invest in
How to wholesale virtually
What to do if you don’t have direct MLS access
Using the “Short Sale Time Machine” to build equity
How to get around the “non assignment” clause when wholesaling bank repos
Mistakes made by Anson when getting started
And much more…

Links from the Show

The Real Estate Agent’s Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors
The Book on Flipping Houses
The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs
The BiggerPockets Forums
The 21 Best Real Estate Books Ever
The BiggerPockets REI Resource Center

Books Mentioned in the Show:

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk

Tweetable Topics

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Anson’s BiggerPockets Profile

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