Any ideas on new places to find buyers?
Realtor · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Member since 2013 · 130 posts · 16 votes
I've been to most of the REIA's in town, a lot of repeat investors. I've just about tapped out craigslist and I'm running out of leads to call. Any ideas on where to find new buyers?
You can have all the buyers you want right at your fingertips. Right in public records.
I keep preaching this to everyone who will listen, but everything you need for a true biz in a box is right in public records.
You can find all the sellers you need, buyers you want and even the money to put it all together.
I just gave you a link along with doing the search for you for the clerk of courts buyers list just from the last 10 days.
In case it won't let you keep it, just click on the link, then search by document type, document type is deed, then put in a date range. (Down in south Florida, if you put anything longer than a week you will exceed their parameters)
Now what you have is a list of buyers and seller that have bought property in broward within the last 2-3 weeks. (The side that it says "to" is your buyer or in your case "first indirect party")
Obviously, 80-90% of those listed are going to be home owners so just sift through looking for business names, land trusts and their trustees, and obvious investors. (Obvious investors are the ones you are going to see numerous times in your search with different legal discriptions)
(When seeing biz names, skip the ones that are banks and financial institutions, those are REO's, also regarding biz owners, pay special attn to the ones with property and home buyer and investor keywords in the name)
Once you have their names, most of these people will be relatively easy to find. (Hint: biz owners Secretary of State, land trust, look at the deed and reverse search the mailing address, you'll have broken the trust 70-80% of the time... Separate hint to investors using land trusts.. 80-90% of the time, your trusts are so easy to break invalidating the whole purpose of a land trust (anonymity.. Btw, parenthesis within a parenthesis, that is some high level punctuation) the only true way to keep your self anonymous is to hire an Atty for $100 a year (average price for trustee) and have the mail go to him... Or at least get a po box and only use it for land trusts. Obvious owners, Google them or check their name in this search, manytimes you'll see that they are land lords, and if they are you will see an eviction with their phone number on it)
Also for further tips on locating numbers, see a previous post I did on finding phone numbers.
Also if you are looking for a specific buyer for a specific property, take my mentors advice. "You can market all over the world, but your real buyer is just a stones throw away."
Most property appraisers in Florida have a sales search option that allows you do a search of specific criteria or target area. Again the link for broward sales search is below. (I couldn't do the search for you because I don't have your property address but if you need help, pm me and I'll take you through it step by step)
This second way is by far the most effective way to find a specific buyer for your specific property. Here you still look for the biz owners, land trusts and trustees and obvious investors. (Again obvious investors are people with numerous homes in your neighborhood search... Not likely they have their summer home that close to their primary)
Anyway, once you've found them call them and tell them you have a property in their area that you are selling for an amazing deal, I guarantee they will thank you.
Hope this helps
http://www.bcpa.net/RecSale.asp
https://officialrecords.broward.org/oncoreV2/searc...
South Florida. Broward, West Palm Beach, Dade. (gotta make sure I hit the keywords)
@Cedric Dadaille have you created a cash buyer's website? There are plenty of tutorials online (I use weebly) to set up a simple squeeze page to catch buyer info. Most important name, email, phone #, so you can call and talk with them. I started with weebly because it was free & I was starting out, but there are better website packages out there like Investor Carrot & LeadPropeller (a sponsored affiliate).
I then run an add in Craigslist, Backpage, & Ebay classifieds promoting my website & advertising "wholesale properties". On Craigslist I run the adds a couple times a week & consistently pick up new cash buyers.
Once your page is setup, it takes no more than 30 seconds to repost the ads. I play around with the body of my ads.
A website is powerful, I won't go into all the things you can do once you have a web presence.
Also, if you go to the auctions in your area, those are 100% quick close cash buyers!! Take your business cards and start networking.
Make sure you are telling everyone that you are a real estate investor. I just recently found out a friend of mine was looking to invest through his self-directed IRA. BAM, I have a new cash buyer and I have been on the hunt for him. He's looking to buy 10 and I'll probably end up selling a good portion of those 10 to him. He's looking at 2 of my properties this week.
Network, network. You would be surprised who is looking to start investing.
I think the website is going to be my next move. I'll see if I can get started on building one shortly.
@Cedric Dadaille if you don't want to fool around and build your own on weebly or wix. BP does have an affiliate discount with LeadPropeller for those with Pro status like yourself. I haven't used them myself, but looking to in the near future.
You can have all the buyers you want right at your fingertips. Right in public records.
I keep preaching this to everyone who will listen, but everything you need for a true biz in a box is right in public records.
You can find all the sellers you need, buyers you want and even the money to put it all together.
I just gave you a link along with doing the search for you for the clerk of courts buyers list just from the last 10 days.
In case it won't let you keep it, just click on the link, then search by document type, document type is deed, then put in a date range. (Down in south Florida, if you put anything longer than a week you will exceed their parameters)
Now what you have is a list of buyers and seller that have bought property in broward within the last 2-3 weeks. (The side that it says "to" is your buyer or in your case "first indirect party")
Obviously, 80-90% of those listed are going to be home owners so just sift through looking for business names, land trusts and their trustees, and obvious investors. (Obvious investors are the ones you are going to see numerous times in your search with different legal discriptions)
(When seeing biz names, skip the ones that are banks and financial institutions, those are REO's, also regarding biz owners, pay special attn to the ones with property and home buyer and investor keywords in the name)
Once you have their names, most of these people will be relatively easy to find. (Hint: biz owners Secretary of State, land trust, look at the deed and reverse search the mailing address, you'll have broken the trust 70-80% of the time... Separate hint to investors using land trusts.. 80-90% of the time, your trusts are so easy to break invalidating the whole purpose of a land trust (anonymity.. Btw, parenthesis within a parenthesis, that is some high level punctuation) the only true way to keep your self anonymous is to hire an Atty for $100 a year (average price for trustee) and have the mail go to him... Or at least get a po box and only use it for land trusts. Obvious owners, Google them or check their name in this search, manytimes you'll see that they are land lords, and if they are you will see an eviction with their phone number on it)
Also for further tips on locating numbers, see a previous post I did on finding phone numbers.
Also if you are looking for a specific buyer for a specific property, take my mentors advice. "You can market all over the world, but your real buyer is just a stones throw away."
Most property appraisers in Florida have a sales search option that allows you do a search of specific criteria or target area. Again the link for broward sales search is below. (I couldn't do the search for you because I don't have your property address but if you need help, pm me and I'll take you through it step by step)
This second way is by far the most effective way to find a specific buyer for your specific property. Here you still look for the biz owners, land trusts and trustees and obvious investors. (Again obvious investors are people with numerous homes in your neighborhood search... Not likely they have their summer home that close to their primary)
Anyway, once you've found them call them and tell them you have a property in their area that you are selling for an amazing deal, I guarantee they will thank you.
Hope this helps
http://www.bcpa.net/RecSale.asp
https://officialrecords.broward.org/oncoreV2/searc...
You can have all the buyers you want right at your fingertips. Right in public records.
I keep preaching this to everyone who will listen, but everything you need for a true biz in a box is right in public records.
You can find all the sellers you need, buyers you want and even the money to put it all together.
I just gave you a link along with doing the search for you for the clerk of courts buyers list just from the last 10 days.
In case it won't let you keep it, just click on the link, then search by document type, document type is deed, then put in a date range. (Down in south Florida, if you put anything longer than a week you will exceed their parameters)
Now what you have is a list of buyers and seller that have bought property in broward within the last 2-3 weeks. (The side that it says "to" is your buyer or in your case "first indirect party")
Obviously, 80-90% of those listed are going to be home owners so just sift through looking for business names, land trusts and their trustees, and obvious investors. (Obvious investors are the ones you are going to see numerous times in your search with different legal discriptions)
(When seeing biz names, skip the ones that are banks and financial institutions, those are REO's, also regarding biz owners, pay special attn to the ones with property and home buyer and investor keywords in the name)
Once you have their names, most of these people will be relatively easy to find. (Hint: biz owners Secretary of State, land trust, look at the deed and reverse search the mailing address, you'll have broken the trust 70-80% of the time... Separate hint to investors using land trusts.. 80-90% of the time, your trusts are so easy to break invalidating the whole purpose of a land trust (anonymity.. Btw, parenthesis within a parenthesis, that is some high level punctuation) the only true way to keep your self anonymous is to hire an Atty for $100 a year (average price for trustee) and have the mail go to him... Or at least get a po box and only use it for land trusts. Obvious owners, Google them or check their name in this search, manytimes you'll see that they are land lords, and if they are you will see an eviction with their phone number on it)
Also for further tips on locating numbers, see a previous post I did on finding phone numbers.
Also if you are looking for a specific buyer for a specific property, take my mentors advice. "You can market all over the world, but your real buyer is just a stones throw away."
Most property appraisers in Florida have a sales search option that allows you do a search of specific criteria or target area. Again the link for broward sales search is below. (I couldn't do the search for you because I don't have your property address but if you need help, pm me and I'll take you through it step by step)
This second way is by far the most effective way to find a specific buyer for your specific property. Here you still look for the biz owners, land trusts and trustees and obvious investors. (Again obvious investors are people with numerous homes in your neighborhood search... Not likely they have their summer home that close to their primary)
Anyway, once you've found them call them and tell them you have a property in their area that you are selling for an amazing deal, I guarantee they will thank you.
Hope this helps
http://www.bcpa.net/RecSale.asp
https://officialrecords.broward.org/oncoreV2/searc...
WOW...I wish this kind of info was available online here in LA County. Unfortunately, its not. You have to go down to the Registrars office and use their busted terminals. Or place an order online for the same info and get it 2 weeks later. #progressive yet #antequated
Great Tips @David Dey For my market i have to say the county property appraiser is great, just looking to lock down tracking the phone number and you gave me some great tips.
@Cedric Dadaille
Just out of curiosity, do you have great deals available? The only reason I ask I because finding buyers will not be hard if you have a great deal.. I think another good way to find buyers is to drive your city and look for houses under major construction. A dumpster out front, porter potty, you know if house looks like it is being flipped most of the time. Hop out with a business card and try to talk to the person running the flip and tell them what you do. You might run into a sub ask whats a good time to catch the person in charge. Talking to someone in person is a hundred times better than a letter in my opinion. This is how I found the guy I work with. Also while your out take note of all the ran down houses in the area and build a list to market to. There a ton of ways to find buyers. Finding great deals and creating value for your buyer is the real work.
Best of luck bud.
I have another function that Wednesday I need to attend. Not sure if I will be able to make it this time @Account Closed. I'll definitely make all other future events!
You can have all the buyers you want right at your fingertips. Right in public records.
I keep preaching this to everyone who will listen, but everything you need for a true biz in a box is right in public records.
You can find all the sellers you need, buyers you want and even the money to put it all together.
I just gave you a link along with doing the search for you for the clerk of courts buyers list just from the last 10 days.
In case it won't let you keep it, just click on the link, then search by document type, document type is deed, then put in a date range. (Down in south Florida, if you put anything longer than a week you will exceed their parameters)
Now what you have is a list of buyers and seller that have bought property in broward within the last 2-3 weeks. (The side that it says "to" is your buyer or in your case "first indirect party")
Obviously, 80-90% of those listed are going to be home owners so just sift through looking for business names, land trusts and their trustees, and obvious investors. (Obvious investors are the ones you are going to see numerous times in your search with different legal discriptions)
(When seeing biz names, skip the ones that are banks and financial institutions, those are REO's, also regarding biz owners, pay special attn to the ones with property and home buyer and investor keywords in the name)
Once you have their names, most of these people will be relatively easy to find. (Hint: biz owners Secretary of State, land trust, look at the deed and reverse search the mailing address, you'll have broken the trust 70-80% of the time... Separate hint to investors using land trusts.. 80-90% of the time, your trusts are so easy to break invalidating the whole purpose of a land trust (anonymity.. Btw, parenthesis within a parenthesis, that is some high level punctuation) the only true way to keep your self anonymous is to hire an Atty for $100 a year (average price for trustee) and have the mail go to him... Or at least get a po box and only use it for land trusts. Obvious owners, Google them or check their name in this search, manytimes you'll see that they are land lords, and if they are you will see an eviction with their phone number on it)
Also for further tips on locating numbers, see a previous post I did on finding phone numbers.
Also if you are looking for a specific buyer for a specific property, take my mentors advice. "You can market all over the world, but your real buyer is just a stones throw away."
Most property appraisers in Florida have a sales search option that allows you do a search of specific criteria or target area. Again the link for broward sales search is below. (I couldn't do the search for you because I don't have your property address but if you need help, pm me and I'll take you through it step by step)
This second way is by far the most effective way to find a specific buyer for your specific property. Here you still look for the biz owners, land trusts and trustees and obvious investors. (Again obvious investors are people with numerous homes in your neighborhood search... Not likely they have their summer home that close to their primary)
Anyway, once you've found them call them and tell them you have a property in their area that you are selling for an amazing deal, I guarantee they will thank you.
Hope this helps
http://www.bcpa.net/RecSale.asp
https://officialrecords.broward.org/oncoreV2/searc...
Literally as I read this, my broker gave me a list of a few hundred buyers to call that he got off of the public record. Definitely going to start using this information! Let's see what this turns up. Thank you!
@Cedric Dadaille
Just out of curiosity, do you have great deals available? The only reason I ask I because finding buyers will not be hard if you have a great deal.. I think another good way to find buyers is to drive your city and look for houses under major construction. A dumpster out front, porter potty, you know if house looks like it is being flipped most of the time. Hop out with a business card and try to talk to the person running the flip and tell them what you do. You might run into a sub ask whats a good time to catch the person in charge. Talking to someone in person is a hundred times better than a letter in my opinion. This is how I found the guy I work with. Also while your out take note of all the ran down houses in the area and build a list to market to. There a ton of ways to find buyers. Finding great deals and creating value for your buyer is the real work.
Best of luck bud.
The issue I'm having is finding the right buyer for what I have. Anytime I have "cookie-cutter" deals, they go pretty quickly.
For example, I have a 55k House off of sistrunk that should pretty quickly give you a 12.65% cap rate, (adjusting for 35% in expenses). Thing is, a lot of buyers that I know don't deal with section 8 tenants (which is the best way to maximize this area.)
Or for example, I had a 4plex (that we're going to fix up and do ourselves) that we saw had amazing potential for a vacation rental, (considering it was off of Las Olas). Even as a rental, we beat the competition, (in the area, you were usually getting 5-7% cap rates. This one should pull about a 7.5% cap rate).
Of course I have standard flips too. I have a 640k flip house in Weston that can bring in about 100k in flip profit for the area. But those don't last long. However, I want to find more "niche" buyers, so I don't have deals that stay on my inventory for way longer than it should.
You can have all the buyers you want right at your fingertips. Right in public records.
I keep preaching this to everyone who will listen, but everything you need for a true biz in a box is right in public records.
You can find all the sellers you need, buyers you want and even the money to put it all together.
I just gave you a link along with doing the search for you for the clerk of courts buyers list just from the last 10 days.
In case it won't let you keep it, just click on the link, then search by document type, document type is deed, then put in a date range. (Down in south Florida, if you put anything longer than a week you will exceed their parameters)
Now what you have is a list of buyers and seller that have bought property in broward within the last 2-3 weeks. (The side that it says "to" is your buyer or in your case "first indirect party")
Obviously, 80-90% of those listed are going to be home owners so just sift through looking for business names, land trusts and their trustees, and obvious investors. (Obvious investors are the ones you are going to see numerous times in your search with different legal discriptions)
(When seeing biz names, skip the ones that are banks and financial institutions, those are REO's, also regarding biz owners, pay special attn to the ones with property and home buyer and investor keywords in the name)
Once you have their names, most of these people will be relatively easy to find. (Hint: biz owners Secretary of State, land trust, look at the deed and reverse search the mailing address, you'll have broken the trust 70-80% of the time... Separate hint to investors using land trusts.. 80-90% of the time, your trusts are so easy to break invalidating the whole purpose of a land trust (anonymity.. Btw, parenthesis within a parenthesis, that is some high level punctuation) the only true way to keep your self anonymous is to hire an Atty for $100 a year (average price for trustee) and have the mail go to him... Or at least get a po box and only use it for land trusts. Obvious owners, Google them or check their name in this search, manytimes you'll see that they are land lords, and if they are you will see an eviction with their phone number on it)
Also for further tips on locating numbers, see a previous post I did on finding phone numbers.
Also if you are looking for a specific buyer for a specific property, take my mentors advice. "You can market all over the world, but your real buyer is just a stones throw away."
Most property appraisers in Florida have a sales search option that allows you do a search of specific criteria or target area. Again the link for broward sales search is below. (I couldn't do the search for you because I don't have your property address but if you need help, pm me and I'll take you through it step by step)
This second way is by far the most effective way to find a specific buyer for your specific property. Here you still look for the biz owners, land trusts and trustees and obvious investors. (Again obvious investors are people with numerous homes in your neighborhood search... Not likely they have their summer home that close to their primary)
Anyway, once you've found them call them and tell them you have a property in their area that you are selling for an amazing deal, I guarantee they will thank you.
Hope this helps
http://www.bcpa.net/RecSale.asp
https://officialrecords.broward.org/oncoreV2/searc...
WOW...I wish this kind of info was available online here in LA County. Unfortunately, its not. You have to go down to the Registrars office and use their busted terminals. Or place an order online for the same info and get it 2 weeks later. #progressive yet #antequated
Ask and you shall receive!!
The first link below will get you to the Property assessor's site, tax collector, and register of deeds. Yes I know the register's site is only a website. That's why the second link is so phenomenal!! The saints at netronline.com (which is already the best site on the Internet for investors) buy the data from LA county monthly and add it to their site FOR FREE!! You now have the infor you need right at your fingertips. (If you need help navigating, let me know and I'll help you)
Hope this helps.
WOW...I wish this kind of info was available online here in LA County. Unfortunately, its not. You have to go down to the Registrars office and use their busted terminals. Or place an order online for the same info and get it 2 weeks later. #progressive yet #antequated
Ask and you shall receive!!
The first link below will get you to the Property assessor's site, tax collector, and register of deeds. Yes I know the register's site is only a website. That's why the second link is so phenomenal!! The saints at netronline.com (which is already the best site on the Internet for investors) buy the data from LA county monthly and add it to their site FOR FREE!! You now have the infor you need right at your fingertips. (If you need help navigating, let me know and I'll help you)
Hope this helps.
BRO!!! Are you kidding me?!?! Thank you so much! Let me give these a try during my lunch break. I'll get back to you if I get stuck. Thanks again man!!
Some great info here @David Dey and @James Green, you guys rock!
WOW...I wish this kind of info was available online here in LA County. Unfortunately, its not. You have to go down to the Registrars office and use their busted terminals. Or place an order online for the same info and get it 2 weeks later. #progressive yet #antequated
Ask and you shall receive!!
The first link below will get you to the Property assessor's site, tax collector, and register of deeds. Yes I know the register's site is only a website. That's why the second link is so phenomenal!! The saints at netronline.com (which is already the best site on the Internet for investors) buy the data from LA county monthly and add it to their site FOR FREE!! You now have the infor you need right at your fingertips. (If you need help navigating, let me know and I'll help you)
Hope this helps.
BRO!!! Are you kidding me?!?! Thank you so much! Let me give these a try during my lunch break. I'll get back to you if I get stuck. Thanks again man!!
Andy
Did you ever give it a shot and how did it work for you?
WOW...I wish this kind of info was available online here in LA County. Unfortunately, its not. You have to go down to the Registrars office and use their busted terminals. Or place an order online for the same info and get it 2 weeks later. #progressive yet #antequated
Ask and you shall receive!!
The first link below will get you to the Property assessor's site, tax collector, and register of deeds. Yes I know the register's site is only a website. That's why the second link is so phenomenal!! The saints at netronline.com (which is already the best site on the Internet for investors) buy the data from LA county monthly and add it to their site FOR FREE!! You now have the infor you need right at your fingertips. (If you need help navigating, let me know and I'll help you)
Hope this helps.
BRO!!! Are you kidding me?!?! Thank you so much! Let me give these a try during my lunch break. I'll get back to you if I get stuck. Thanks again man!!
Andy
Did you ever give it a shot and how did it work for you?
Hey David! This site is exactly what I needed. However, I need a budget to run reports. For example, I'm on Property Data Store, and I enter a particular address. I get an owner name, however to retrieve the documents to get a mailing address (if it isnt owner occupied), I have to pay $75. :-/ BUT...its exactly what I need.
Hey David! This site is exactly what I needed. However, I need a budget to run reports. For example, I'm on Property Data Store, and I enter a particular address. I get an owner name, however to retrieve the documents to get a mailing address (if it isnt owner occupied), I have to pay $75. :-/ BUT...its exactly what I need.
Send me an example in pm and I'll see if I can figure you a free work around.