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Logan Jorns
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Favorite Way of Finding Off Market Deals (for free)

Logan Jorns
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Belleville, IL
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Hey y'all! I'm putting together a list of some free or very cheap ways of finding off market deals and wanted to reach out to the BP community to see what are some of your favorite ways you've found off market deals?

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Lucas Miles
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Lucas Miles
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fairmont, MN
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Here are a few free options. More tedious and time consuming but effective and a great way to get started. 

1. County tax records. Search for absentee owners, or by property type (multifamily or non residential).

2. Search local "for rent" listings on Facebook, Craigslist, etc (the more unprofessional the better, ads with no or poor pictures are a good place to start).

3. "Driving for dollars". Driving around and finding "for rent signs"

4. Call your city and see if the have a "landlord list". Cities often will have a list of all (or some) of the rentals in the city and associated landlords contact information. 

5. Networking with everyone you know. Make sure you know what your looking for, be specific when telling people. 

Figure out what works for you in your area, continue to grow your network!

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