All Forum Posts by: Franco Carollo

Hi @Mitul Gandhi - In my opinion, it's less about which list you use and more about the consistency and persistency you have calling the list.

I remember I just heard a quote "The best list is the list you use, over and over and over again!"

If you are just looking for an off market deal you may be better of connecting with some Chicago wholesalers.  I have a list that I'd be happy to share.

Also, some of the best deals come off the MLS so I wouldnt discount finding a deal there. I would just look at deals other people aren't looking at aka expired listings, 100+ on market, etc.

I've been using propstream and batch but it seems like a lot of the leads there are no good.. I'm tired of wasting so much time on dead leads.. does anyone have a good way to get decent leads of high motivated sellers?

I appreciate any help and adivce as everyone on here is usually so amazing and helpful. 

@Franco Carollo thanks for sharing some of the plans. What stage are you at now? Have you done deals? Are you green? What is your strong suit you would bring to a partnership or JV?

I can connect you with a couple of REO brokers if you want.

Hey @Franco Carollo - I'd echo @Lee Burns can you provide a bit more detail of exactly what your goal is?  Are you looking for agents, lenders, investors?  Are you trying to parter?  Are you looking to buy foreclosures?

Chicago is also a massive market is there a specific area you are looking to hone in on?

What are you looking to do/achieve?

Crystal, is your broker open to allowing their agents to perform wholesale transactions?

I'm virtual (TX, real estate agent) and my contractor partner is local to Joliet, Shorewood, Minooka, Channahon and Morris. We are looking to pick up fix and flip opportunities in these areas through direct to seller. Knowing we wont be able to flip every deal, we would need to wholesale some off.  

I recently cold called a list of approximately 500 pre-foreclosure properties and had a much lower answer rate than I normally have. It makes sense to me that if they are getting foreclosed on, they probably have people calling them for other debts as well so they just don't answer the phone.

I was wondering others experienced this low answer rate as well with pre-foreclosure lists? Also, is it better to just do direct mail to these lists instead?