All Forum Posts by: Noah Kanter

I live in Burlington, VT and my first step to building a real estate portfolio needs to be getting out of the rental market and into a home. I know, bad timing. I'm tired of passively waiting around using the MLS as my only lead source and I'm wondering if/how to use Listsource/Propstream for my purposes.

I'd like my first purchase to be a duplex or SF live-in flip. I'm a paint contractor and I'd be comfortable handling pretty much everything cosmetic. I'd be a bit more hesitant to do a rehab loan but it's not totally ruled out. 

Has anyone used Propstream/Listsource to build a motivated seller list for a first time home buying situation? If so, what criteria would you recommend for sorting? What kind of motivated sellers exist in this hot market that wouldn't just want to use the MLS and get 20% over asking?

Any advice is appreciated!

-Noah

I live in Burlington, VT and want to get out of the rental market and into a home. I know, bad timing. I'm tired of passively waiting around using the MLS as my only lead source and I'm wondering if/how to use Listsource/Propstream for my purposes.

I'd like my first purchase to be a duplex or SF live-in flip. I'm a paint contractor and I'd be comfortable handling everything from flooring to sheetrock plus some carpentry. 

I'd like to build a list and send out postcards, and my biggest question is which search criteria to use. With low inventory and the potential for insane bidding wars, what kind of person might be interested in selling their home, but for whatever reason doesn't want to list on the MLS? Which filters do I use on these sites to increase my likelihood of finding them?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

-Noah

I'm an aspiring first time homebuyer who's also diving deep into the BP universe to educate myself into a better position in this crazy competitive market. I do well for myself, but I'm still having an incredibly hard time competing and I'm looking for unorthodox ways to find off-market deals with potentially motivated sellers. 

I've been learning about buying liens at auctions, etc., but what I'm wondering about is approaching owners with hefty liens and seeing if they want to make a deal to get themselves out of the situation. By using PropStream I actually located a decent looking duplex in my price range with a $32k lien that looks like it was from a private lawsuit. I'm curious if anyone has had success by offering to pay off the lien in exchange for an off-market sale at a specific price? 

Any feedback or creative thinking on the lien leverage/off-market deal front would be appreciated!

Noah