All Forum Posts by: Zackarias Aitchison

Hey!

My name is Zackarias Aitchison and I have recently teamed up with some real estate investing friends of mine (About 20 of us). I have done wholesaling for a while in Canada but I am looking for a wholesaler to work with from the US for buying turnkey, multifamily properties. Do you guys have any tips on finding good wholesalers from another country and establishing a network while not living anywhere close to that area?

If you are a wholesaler in the US shoot me a message and we can discuss terms! 

@Justin Scott

1. Outsource the driving for dollars, approach Uber drivers and get them to send you addresses of vacant-looking houses. For me I have a buyer lined up who wants tear downs so I get the Uber drivers to find tear downs and if the deal goes through I pay them $500 out of my $10,000 fee. Works great.

2. Going from the address of a vacant property to speaking with the owner I go to my town hall with the list of addresses and from there I get an owner name and their own address, I then target with direct mail.

I have found this method has worked extremely well for me while not having to put in much work.

Hey!

My name is Zackarias Aitchison and I have recently teamed up with some real estate investing friends of mine (About 20 of us). I have done wholesaling for a while in Canada but I am looking for a wholesaler to work with from the US for buying turnkey, multifamily properties. Do you guys have any tips on finding good wholesalers from another country and establishing a network?

@Theresa Harris Thank you for the insight into insulation. I am working right now to find an electrician to put each unit on its own meter so I do not need to pay utilities 

@Jim Goebel Thank you so much! Yeah where I live they will upgrade your fridges for you so I will definitely go forward with that as well as looking into the insulation of the property

Hey!

I have a 5-Unit building up here in Canada. It goes to about -25C (-13F). I have the opportunity this spring to make a property-wide upgrade. Would you say would be the three must do renovations that help reduce my electricity and heating bill building wide? I am planning on going on a big spring reno

Hey!

My name is Zackarias Aitchison and I have been a Canadian wholesaler for quite a while now but I want to branch out into the US market. I have useful connections here in Canada to property managers and realtors but they all came through mutual friends. How should I approach a property manager or a contractor I have never met but want to regularly work with them from a long distance? 

Hey!

My name is Zackarias Aitchison and I am from St Catharines, Canada (Only about 30 minutes from the border). My background is digital marketing and as of late wholesaling and property management. I have never been on a forum or even a website of this style other than CopyChief (Imagine BP but for Copywriting). 

Now to the point of this post! I LOVE creative and unique marketing, helping others, and networking. So that is what I am here to accomplish. Feel free to post some of your unique marketing ideas to break the ice, I'll start.

To find abandoned properties to wholesale to a redeveloper I pay $500 to all taxi drivers who send me photos and the address of houses that look abandoned. They shoot me a text and if the deal goes through I get $9,500 and they get $500 and neither of us did much work. Now it is your turn! What is your weird marketing strategy? Let's Network!

Hey @Monique Booker I am a wholesaler from St Catharines, Canada and I was in your shoes a few months ago. So I'll lend you my two cents.

1. I do not know the NYC Market so I cannot tell you if it is a good place to start or not. I found that starting in a county that has lower value homes that are surrounded by counties of higher value homes is a good place to start. I found people in areas like this are more experienced with investors and open to the ideas 

2. Real estate is a HUGE area of study. I would pick one county so you can learn that county's market as you learn the in's and out's of real estate. For me learning the basics and eventually, the advanced stuff in real estate was made a lot easier by staying in one area where I could apply all the new skills I was learning.

3. In Canada, we have really strict anti-spam laws so I do not have access to that many lists. To avoid being overwhelmed I would start with two different methods of finding houses and base the lists and methods you use to find these houses off of your buyer lists. For example, I look for 2 types of properties; teardowns and turnkey properties. I target these because I have lots of interested buyers for these types of properties. No matter how many amazing deals I have they mean nothing if I don't have a buyer to pick them up.

Buyer specifies what they are looking for -> What lists are those properties usually on? -> Study and learn those lists -> repeat once comfortable 

4. Analyzing deals properly, in my opinion, is the most important skill for wholesaling, tied with marketing. If you cannot analyze what is a good deal and what is a bad deal you'll look like a chump when you send it over to your buyers. If you want tips on how to analyze and appraise different types of properties let me know and I can help!