Ready to give up - But not willing to.

[Matt Honeyford]

Hello BP peeps, This is frustrating and I'm ready to give up, but I'm not willing to. I've worked too hard getting set up. I have all the funding I need to work on multiple flips at the same time and I even have a crew. But I can't find enough deals and it's driving me nuts. I live in Rochester, NY. And left my full time job in January. Too date I have completed three jobs, and am closing on another one next week. But it's not enough. Simply put, I need help finding deals. Does anyone have any advice? Oh by the way. I'm a real estate agent.

[Jim K.]

@Matt Honeyford

Hi Matt. I grew up a bit north of Elmira in a town called Horseheads, did a college undergrad year in Buffalo. I'd probably go back to live in Upstate if my wife agreed to it. Instead, I'm in Pennsylvania.

Your problem is deal flow in an seller's market. The solutions that you've been offered are personal contacts with wholesalers and agents, some generic BP edumacation, direct mail from my friend @Caleb Heimsoth, long distance real estate, real estate meetups, and getting out there to meet the right people.

You want flip leads. In a seller's market, you're getting precious few good ones. You don't have all kinds of money to spend on generating those leads. So here's one idea: if you want to find people near you in serious financial hot water, with pressing reasons to sell their house to you, why not look where you're sure to find these people? How well do you know the local court system? Specifically, how is the Monroe County court system organized, and what are the ways to access Monroe County court records? Here in Pittsburgh, the county does all its record-keeping online, and you can find out all kinds of information about people through a few county websites. Who don't you develop that source? Start with something simple: go to this website https://www2.monroecounty.gov/clerk-onlinerecords.php and register for a free account. Start poking around.