All Forum Posts by: Tristan Cottarel

Hey all,

Did my first ever round of driving for dollars and found 2 properties that could very well be vacant.

I looked up the addresses on my county assessor's website, and the mailing address for both properties is different from the property address. For one of the properties, the two addresses are in the same town. Is this usually a bad sign? An indication that work is already in progress? Or is this typical? Newbie here hoping someone can shed some light.

Looked around on BP for a bit to find a similar thread to no avail, so I apologize if similar questions have already been asked. Thank you!

Hey Joe,

Wondering if you did end up buying the book, and if so, what you think about it. I ordered the same book and am about 60 pages in.

Contrasting Patrice's opinion, I find that the information is not logically organized (in some cases not organized at all, it seems), and that he fails to elaborate on concepts and strategies when needed, which really throws me off. I've also noticed several grammatical errors, as if someone didn't even proofread it. Lastly, some of the advice he gives contradicts information I've read here on BP.

It has 25+ 5-star reviews on Amazon, but the feeling I got when reading it is that it was written in a rushed, almost careless matter, and so far I feel like it has not educated me sufficiently, and if anything turned me off from wholesaling. Looking to see what other people think, trying to see if it's just me!

Hi everyone,

I'm 18 years old from the Bay Area. I've always had an entrepreneurial nature, and now as I begin to see more opportunities to delve into greater business ventures, I find myself drawn to real estate.

At this point I'm just trying to educate myself as much as possible. I've got a stack of 8 or 9 books (including a BiggerPockets one by J. Scott) on my desk about flipping houses, buying and holding, multifamily properties, and wholesaling, so I'm trying to sponge up as much information as possible and see what I feel like I could best see myself doing.

Currently reading a book called The Art of Wholesaling Properties by Aram Shah and Alex Virelles. I find it's riddled with grammatical and punctuation errors, the information in the chapters is not at all logically organized, and sometimes concepts (which are not common knowledge) are just casually thrown into a paragraph without further elaboration, which is confusing and hinders my understanding. Anyone read this book and have any opinions of their own? Somehow it has 30 5-star reviews on Amazon.

So far, based on what I've read, wholesaling is the last thing I could see myself doing. I've heard that it's best to start off wholesaling because little/no $ involved, but also that it's something to save for when you're more seasoned. Thoughts?

Also, with the Bay Area's massively inflated prices, I would picture myself working not-so-locally; Cities like Modesto, Stockton and Salinas seem more accessible. Does anyone have experience living in the Bay but starting off a little further out?

Excuse the long intro, happy to have found this resource, and I look forward to see what BP has to offer! Thanks.