Finding Bird Dogs for Wholesalers

[Jordan Solomon]

The role of wholesalers is obviously to find deals for either rehabbers or landlords. I've also, though, heard the term "bird dog," when it comes to real estate, and it seems like bird dogs can find deals for wholesalers. That is, that bird dogs are to wholesalers as wholesalers are to rehabbers/landlords, I guess you could say. Well, I would gladly give up some portion of my profit on a deal in exchange for having a prospective deal handed to me like that. My question, therefore, is simply how does one FIND these bird dogs?

By the way, I know this is not the Marketplace forum and I do NOT intend this to be a solicitation for bird dogs! In fact, I figure that most people on BiggerPockets wouldn't even be interested in bird dogging and are pursuing more "advanced" roles in real estate anyway. So, I really am just looking for advice on how to find people who ARE willing to take on this role. Thanks!

[Lydia R.]

@Doug Haisten The best bird dogs ever are people that work for the post office. Any time I am driving for dollars and I see someone delivering mail I stop and speak with them. I tell them what I do, what Im looking for etc. These people know all the homes in a neighborhood that are vacant, they know who is moving (having mail held or forwarded) they know who has disappeared in the middle of the night (overflowing mailboxes) etc. they can tell you so much. Best bird dogs ever. Close second is code enforcement/code compliance employees. Thats just my 2 cents