All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Quintanilla

 Yeah I'm also considering leaving as well. I don't even do any of my real estate in NY state, it's all virtual. I originally tried Orange County and Queens, but they both proved unsuccessful. 

 Honestly, the only ones I really pass onto my realtor friends are short sales and the occasional wanting to sell at market price. 

The thing about marketing, IMO, is you have to catch them at the right moment. For example:

Let's say a car salesman offered you a great deal on a car, but you already have one, what would you most likely say? No, right? But what if you were to go into your car and all of a sudden it won't start. Your car ends up frying and guess who is in the market for a new car now?

So those potentials that you have you should follow up with always and consequently establish rapport with them. If they end up wanting to sell their house, you will be at the forefront of their mind. 

I always use Redfin, the most accurate I've seen in those kinds of websites. 

Is there a specific product that you're looking to learn? From what it looks like Yardi is the name of the company and they offer different packages. I could be wrong though. 

Did you get everything worked out? 

When you say buyer, do you mean yourself or the cash buyer? 

Most of all, be a human being. I've noticed that lots of wholesalers (not so much on Biggerpockets) have this tendency to ask questions like they are filling out a survey. People can't connect to a robot, they want to feel cared about and that they can trust you to do what you say you can do. 

People always sell/buy from people they trust. If you don't believe me, ask your friend for a recommendation on a movie or something like that, how likely are you to see it compared to some stranger on the street?

You are there to offer them a solution to their problem, while making a good living for yourself in the process.

Integrity, integrity, integrity.

 Ah I see what you mean, well in that case you must first find out where you want to pull the list from, whether it be from a city/county/zipcode, etc (that takes some homework to determine, but definitely worth it). Then you have to find out what you want these owners to have: do you want them to have equity (for an all cash deal), do you want them to have high mortgage amounts (for subject to and wraps) or maybe you want them to be a certain age. After all is said and done you plug those into Listsource and purchase the list.

 I would say the best way to get started is to find out what the flippers want to buy. 

 I second that! 

We should all partner with a major manufacturing company and fix up these blocks with rentals and entertainment outlets! Just thinking about it gets me jittery.