Non-Profit Investing & Starting Out

[Jacob Weiler]

Hi All,

Brand new member here, we are starting a new program for Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity where we invest in & flip homes to raise funds for our Mission.

Out of the gate, we're identifying and building our teams, I believe we've got a head-start on this

We've got a ton of development to do but my main concern is finding a good deal early as a "proof of concept"

We had 2 "Bargain Sale" properties come TO US last year and they went well, I'd like to show our organization the idea of hunting down deals is a winner as soon as possible

With limited marketing budget in the very beginning, I'm planning on a driving for dollars approach

I've read a bit about lists to provide some homes to target, mainly on listsource.com. Say I get a list honed in to around 50 targets I plan to door-knock, how expensive would that list run?

Is there another avenue I should look at to target my first deal with minimal marketing dollars?

Also and obviously, I don't know what I don't know right now. Any tips, education, contacts in the Milwaukee (or any other) area we can work with would be super helpful

Thank you all and happy hunting!