All Forum Posts by: Jeremy Baxter

@Shane Ronay I too am interested in an update if you have one. Thanks!

Likewise @Account Closed ... would love to hear an update!

@Charlie MacPherson Thank you very much for your response and for the education. That is what I thought, but now I can in turn communicate with the seller using that official terminology. I appreciate it!

So I got a call off a Craigslist "We buy houses in any condition" ad. The seller just listed on the MLS with an agent and I checked out the listing, house is clean and in pretty good condition. There doesn't seem to be a need for them to sell quickly for cash, just kicking tires seeing if they can get a cash offer that would end up being more beneficial than getting their full asking price through a realtor. Regardless of the fact that I don't think they would sell at a deep discount, my question is - Aren't they bound to sell through their agent since they have listed it on the MLS? Like, someone can't have a property listed with an agent, then go find a cash buyer on their own and cut out the agent completely, right?

@Shamus Wheeler That is some very useful advice, much appreciated!

@Kyle Schwery what service do you use for RVM, and how much would it cost? Newbie here trying to learn as much as possible. Thanks!

Thank you @Andrew LeBaron. I just heard of Upwork this morning on the BP Podcast with Tom Kroll. I will check it out! 

My list indicates which properties are delinquent multiple years. Of the 100 properties I've looked up on the county site, I've found that about half are commercial properties or tiny plots of land - not worth calling. I also like to see when it was purchased so I don't call people who just bought the property, and likely have paid the taxes but it just isn't updated on the county website. This info is all well organized in one spot and only adds maybe 30 seconds to the search for the address, so I figure it's better to weed these out during my address search than spend the money to get a phone number, and the time spent calling or following up. Also, I can see who is 3 or 4 years delinquent rather than 2, as I'm guessing those may be hotter leads. Hopefully by doing this I won't miss out on any leads or spend my time unwisely. Any thoughts on this are appreciated.

Thanks again!

@Andrew LeBaron I have a list of over 1400 tax delinquent properties by serial number that I need to pull additional info from county assessor site (addresses, years delinquent, type of property, years owned, etc), and get phone numbers. I'm thinking the manual pull of additional info from county assessor would be a great task for VA.

Was wondering if I should use VA for finding phone numbers, and if I would need to subscribe to some service for them to use? I'm just getting started and I work full-time, so if I could spend less time pulling info and more time talking to potential sellers, I will progress faster.

Also - how do you find your VA's? Sorry if that's a total newbie question.

Thanks!

Michael Quarles Wow thanks for sharing those questions! They are very helpful. It seems from those questions that you’ve already interacted with the owner... but do you ask these same questions when you’ve never met the owner or if it is vacant?

Michael Quarles do you have some examples of “on purpose questions” for neighbors that you have found to be most effective? Thanks in advance!