First flip is the hardest?

[Brian Bisdorf]

Two Years ago I started a flip company with a contractor. We searched and searched for potential properties with no luck. I stumbled upon my first off market offer from what I didn't know at the time was a wholesaler. I thought I hit a gold mine with these off market super secret deals... only problem,  they weren't deals at all. Every property we looked at had unreasonable ARVs and comps. We became so discouraged, we just quit without getting one flip.

Ive decided this time is different.

I know understand that there are tons and tons of wholesalers and you have to sift through a hundred deals to find one.. is there a better way? If this is they way, how many lists should I subscribe to in order to hope to find enough deals to flip three houses by year end?