$0 marketing method to start wholesaling

[Shawn P Greenland]

I am starting to jump into wholesaling and it seems like each "Guru" has their specific selling point on why to join their mentorship. After reading on here and watching hours of youtube videos, it seems like you may get to your first few deals faster but it seems like all of the content is available for free between the bigger pockets community / Youtube. One of the gurus is always talking about the Zero Dollar marketing method, is that simply just reaching out to real estate agents in your area and developing a business relationship with them? It seems D4D may be outdated as you can reach quite a few people through Linkedin/FB etc.. to help with marketing and finding motivated sellers? 

[Will Fraser]

Welcome to the BiggerPockets forums, @Shawn P Greenland!  Indeed the #1 thing I love sharing with people I know who are about to pay a guru to teach them something about real estate investing is: "dude, spend some time on BP first."  That usually nixes the drive to pay a guru big bucks for a hot take.

While networking with agents, lenders, home inspectors, insurance agents, etc isn't truly free (you'll likely spend a decent amount on coffees, lunches, etc) it IS an ideal way to build up a network of people in the space who are rooting for you.  If you can figure out how to convert on the leads they turn up that would be a solid system!