Is there a such thing as a market that's too small?

[Nick Saucier]

I'm just starting out trying to wholesale and build up enough capital to "graduate" to bigger and better types of real estate such as rehabbing and eventually commercial, but the more I dig and network, the more I realize that I am in a really really small market.

I am having an extremely difficult time finding serious cash buyers in my neck of the woods in South Mississippi. I call realtors and ask them if I could have comps on handyman specials and cash sales that have sold in the last 6 months, and I either get "we don't keep records of that, but I can get you a list of just homes that have sold in the last 6 months" or "Sure, whats a good email?" and then I'll get just a generic list of homes that sold(mostly at retail price to retail buyers).

Either the cash buyers in this area are very jaded and secretive, or there aren't any.

[Ann Bellamy]

Since Ocean Springs is very near to Biloxi, I am quite sure there are plenty of real estate investors in your area who do fix n flips. You just have to find them.

Find a real estate investors assn - here is a link with two of them, one in Biloxi: http://www.reiclub.com/real-estate-clubs/Mississippi.html

Also try nationalreia.com,

Once you've found a group, you can start to make the right connections. If you are trying to stay only in one small town, you will have a more difficult time find more investors.