Wholesaling - Finding Buyers Before Finding Sellers

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I've only been in BP 4 days, browsing the forum soaking up what I can. My investment strategy starting out will be wholesaling. Would it be wise to build relationships with buyers before you go out looking for property? I feel if you know what cash buyers are looking for, you can better target your marketing. Ultimately, you can be great at finding deals but if you have no cash buyers, it's pointless.

[J Scott]

Looking for buyers first is just a way to put off doing the real work involved in wholesaling.  Finding buyers is easy...doing that doesn't get you any closer to actually doing a wholesale deal.

If you're looking for a way to procrastinate, look for buyers first.  If you're looking to get closer to your first deal, go find a deal...