All Forum Posts by: Craig Holston

Hi and welcome Craig! I, too, am a young newbie investor such as yourself. What I found helpful in building a network of buyers (and sellers!) was going to networking events. Try Meetup.com! 

@Craig Holston 

Welcome.

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info. Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and all the cash buyers (rehabbers) you will need.

Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10. Real Estate Rewind Starting over

http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-book

Good luck

Paul

Wholesaling is the a great start for you.  You can build capital and learn the business at the same time.  I can truly say the no money down methods are hard to do but not impossible.  I close them monthly.  It is really a matter of defining your objective and moving forward.  Remember you will need a marketing budget whether looking for buyers or sellers.  Call me anytime 678-933-6677

Drive around and find vacant looking houses. Search for the county and the word tax. You can click on pay property taxes. Then just put the address in. It will tell you where the taxes are getting mailed to. Send them a hand written letter with hand writen addresses asking to buy their house at the address. It's that simple. Put your Google voice # in there. 

Once you get a call back, "ask them about the house. How many bedrooms, how many baths and how much they want for it?". Then come back here and we'll help you from there. 

Welcome to BP dude. 

@Craig Holston I am wholesaler/investor in Atlanta GA. I am also young, and I also had trouble getting started. That being said, IMO I would figure out how much money I can devote to marketing per month. Then I would find out how many pieces of direct mail I can afford to send each month within my budget. Don overwhelm yourself. One step at a time. Focus on actionable steps, and I think direct mail is a solid actionable step for you to take in this stage. 

P.S. Make sure you can commit  to your direct mail volume for at least 6 months. Even if it isn't a high quantity, the consistency is whats important. Also, be as organized as possible from the beginning.

Goodluck!

 Thanks, So you budgeted your money and time towards marketing to attract investors? 

You'll never get private money without a deal
Find a deal the money will come.

Take action start looking at properties and throwing out offers.