Struggling finding DEALS in MA

[Carl Joachim]

My girlfriend and I have been trying so hard to get started in our real estate investing careers. We want to succeed so badly but we are running out of techniques to find deals for our wholesaling buyers. We wonder how people complete 2-5 deals a month because that is our goal in the next 3 months. We have tried a lot of methods but wonder if there's something that very successful investors are doing that we're  not.

[Will Chamberlin]

Hi @Carl Joachim, That's a tough one to answer since you didn't provide much info. Maybe if you spell out the techniques you are using (driving for dollars, yellow letters, mls, etc.), frequency and numbers, it would help us help you. Also important is your target neighborhoods. Since Boston in general is so expensive I would guess it is harder to find deals since people can potentially just sit on the house and wait for appreciation which reduces the number of motivated sellers. Are you looking outside of Boston at potentially more motivated sellers and lower price points? Maybe head as far west as Worcester and see if there are deals there. I am not a wholesaler but plenty of people here are, you just need to give them something to work with in order to help you out. Also, it might help reframe your approach to think in terms of profit instead of number of deals. If you can get 1 solid deal done in 3 months instead of any 5 deals it could be less work and stress.