All Forum Posts by: Alvin Grier

Yeah, I went down to the city building, and the people at the desk told me that I had to have specific case numbers that I want to review in order for me to view the records.

I've recently decided to implement probates into our marketing.

I've found some instructions on how to go about finding properties from probate.

The first step is to check the daily obituaries (for me, they're located on the right part of the screen on this page: http://www.detroitnews.com/section/obituaries) and gather names so I can check them against the county property ownership records to see if the deceased owned real estate.

No problem there.

The next step is where I'm coming across issues.

Step two, is to check the county property ownership records to see if there's a probate property associated the name of the deceased.

When I for some of the names I found in the obituaries (http://www.waynecountylandrecords.com/RealEstate/SearchEntry.aspx), I'll find other types of records for their names, but I've yet to find any records for these individuals that are of the types "Probate Court Order" or "Probate File."

I can't help but wonder if this might be because the people just passed away.

Isn't it too soon to expect to find probate-related documents associated with someone who just passed away?

In hindsight, I think this was somewhat of a dumb question, as I'm sure it all depends on the exact strategies we're implementing at the moment to find properties and buyers.

I'd imagine that it's hard to answer the question without knowledge of what we're doing business-wise.

I will be hiring a virtual assistant soon.

Before I do though, I wanted to pick your brain on the ways virtual assistant's have helped you as a wholesaler, or that they could potentially help a wholesaler.

I just wanted to get your opinion, in the event that there are some ways I could leverage their services that I haven't already thought of.

They will be working a four hour shift each week day, so I'd like to maximize the value of those four hours.

Thanks in advance.

Great feedback. Thanks. And no, I'm not an agent.

I'm very familiar with WLMM, thanks for that suggestion.

I agree with you, it's just something we've been going along with because it's been suggested by the current owners. I hate doing it to be honest.

How so? It's up to the new buyer whether or not they keep the tenant in there, I don't really care whether they do or they don't.

The tenant is someone I've been having to deal with when we're showing the property to prospective buyers.

But I agree with much of what you said.

How do I convince the landlord/owner that it's in their best interest to tell their tenant the truth?

Isn't that something the owner should share with the tenant, and not myself? I was thinking so.

Aaron, in this instance, I'm using the term "flipping" in the sense of wholesaling.

I've personally heard that term used in regards to both buying and rehabbing, as well as wholesaling.

I'm talking about walkthroughs with prospective end buyers after we've tied the property up on contract.

We've found that a lot of the landlord owners are reluctant to show their properties more than once.

A lot of them don't understand that it's fairly rare for local buyers to buy site-unseen, thus every now and then it's necessary to walk five or more buyers through the property.

Being that they normally ask us to act as if we're insurance agents or something, once we get to the second and third visits with prospective buyers, the tenants start to feel deceived, and it's down hill from there.

Is there a policy you communicate with landlord owners or something that allows them to understand that there's going to be instances where multiple people are going to need to view the property before they buy?

I know I just posted another forum topic that may be perceived as being the same, however I think that although they're dealing with the same general area of the business, that they are two different questions.

Thanks in advance for your time.