All Forum Posts by: Jared Hettler

@Cameron Tope

Thanks Cameron. Do you have any advice for becoming a better wholesaler and real estate investor? I'm working virtually due to the lack of any significant investor activity in my local area.

@Joe Gonzalez

Thanks for the input Joe. Do you have any advice on sharpening any of those skills that you mentioned?

@Jaron Walling

Yessir, do you have any recommendations for pulling motivation quickly? I noticed I usually have no issue building rapport easily, getting the seller to open up a bit but sometimes it turns into more of a light hearted conversation than anything else where motivation sometimes doesn't come up. I've been cold calling for only about 3 to 4 weeks now so I'm still sharpening my skills and adapting.

@Ian Walsh

I appreciate the input Ian!

@Scott Bottomley

Yeah I hear ya, some of it is up to chance. My fiancé and I use google maps street view. Sometimes it sucks because we have to screen the addresses against Zillow to see if it was sold recently because usually the pictures are at LEAST a few years old, sometimes even 6 or 7 years.

Hey everybody,

Quick question for anybody who has done deals as a wholesaler consistently.

I started driving for dollars virtually and cold calling those properties about a month ago. I've seen mixed opinions of how long it takes to get a deal, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 properties. I guess it also depends on the list you're calling, as obviously probate/tax delinquency/preforeclosures have more motivation that some other lists.

My question is roughly how many properties does it take you to get a deal? My fiancé and I have compiled about 600 properties so far driving for dollars, 350 of which have been cold called. Out of those 350 properties we generated about 90 contacts which turned into 3 cold leads. Granted this is in Tacoma WA so it's a tough market. Just wanted to hear what you guys were experiencing in your markets in terms of calls/properties to deal ratio. I believe the national average is roughly 50 leads to a deal?

Hey everyone, 

pretty new wholesaler here. Looking to build up my cash buyer database in the Tacoma market. If any buyers would like to be added, let me know! If any wholesalers would like to trade up buyers, also let me know! I have about 200 between Seattle and Tacoma. 

Thanks in advance!

@Sherief Elbassuoni

I appreciate that!

Hey everyone,

I have a question. I'd like to hear from people who are actually doing wholesales and have found success on it to get their opinion on this.

My fiance and I are working on getting our first deal. We started out just blasting calls to on market distressed properties. However with the low inventory basically across the entire country right now, it is nearly impossible to do a traditional wholesale deal with on market properties being that the property almost always sells over asking price. Then we moved to off market leads which we are still pretty new with and haven't gotten much done on that, though we have hundreds of properties to skip trace and hundreds of agents to call to build a referral partnership with.

My question is this... our home market is... not a great market for wholesaling to put it mildly. We do have some relatively good sized cities around us however within an hour or so in each direction, including Scranton, Allentown and Philadelphia (in PA.) Is it smart/okay for us to be contacting agents in tons of different markets, building cash buyer databases in each market and pulling vacancy/preforeclosure lists in every market, or should we be focused on solely our local markets to start out?

I'd like to hear some elaborate answers, I want to build as much knowledge and resources as possible. With that being said, feel free to send me a colleague request if you want to partner up.

Thanks in advance, stay safe.

@Christopher J. Roche

I seriously appreciate that! Looking to build my network up. Grateful for your help.