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Brian Ellwood
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Denver, CO
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Is Your Market Even REALISTIC To Invest In Right Now?

Brian Ellwood
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Denver, CO
Posted

Have you been struggling to find good real estate deals for so long now…

That you are about to the point of being fed up with real estate investing all together?

It’s never been more expensive or competitive to invest in real estate than it is today.

Wholesalers are selling their deals above market value to ignorant investors…

And, they’re not even allowing us a due diligence period before buying!

Things have gotten out of hand.

In my own markets - things have gotten tighter and tighter.

My old methods of calling wholesalers and property managers aren’t as effective.

In order to continue to do deals - I’ve had to return to direct to seller marketing…

As well as become open to deals that are outside of my normal radius.

Once I made those shifts - it was like the floodgates opened back up.

I’ve now got sellers calling me (and more leads than I need).

When things cool down, I’ll start to gravitate back towards my core market..

(But I’m not abandoning direct to seller marketing ever again!)

This isn’t the first time I’ve had to make a shift, either.

I had to make a similar shift 3-4 years ago…

When my original markets got too expensive and were no longer realistic to find deals in.

That was what landed me in my current markets (that are now too competitive)

You know what’s funny?

Both times - when a shift was required of me…

I hung on TOO LONG.

I decided that I could “make it work” by continuing to push forward…

By doing more of the same things I was already doing.

I’m sure you’ve heard the definition of insanity before (doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result)...

It’s my hope that, next time a shift is required of me…

I recognize (and accept) that sooner…

So that success feels more like swimming downstream…

Versus summiting a 14,000 foot tall mountain!

If this message resonates with you, I encourage you to take a high level, holistic evaluation of what you’re doing…

Is a foundational shift required for you to take things to the next level?

To your success,

Brian

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