Find buyer before getting contract?

[Ryan Proffit]

Hello team,

I had a homeowner contact me based on a campaign I ran. He has 5 homes he wants to sell. They are about 45 minutes away in a rural area. I made an offer on two of them. This area is outside of my expertise. Should I work on finding a buyer before I lock them up?

I have the means to close on them, but don’t personally want to hold them since I am unfamiliar with the town they are in. If they were in my town, I would already have had them under contract and sold probably.

This is also my first wholesale deal. I do plan to double close as well.

Thanks.

[Aaron K.]

Yes, it is good that you would be willing to close if necessary but without talking to buyers in that area you don't know if you are even buying a property worth wholesaling, for all you know you could be buying at a price that doesn't make sense for the area.