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7 February 2025 | 14 replies
Connect with local wholesalers and investor friendly agents and provide your criteria to start receiving deal flow.
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21 January 2025 | 2 replies
You will need to vet out a few agents or you can work with reputable wholesalers.
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27 January 2025 | 6 replies
@Michael James Hamlin I'm a former tax accountant/business consultant turned fix n flipper and investor friendly agent.
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7 February 2025 | 7 replies
It is a HUGE bummer as an agent to write up an offer to go to a junk property (happened to me last week) to end up pulling out.
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7 February 2025 | 5 replies
Since then, I've chosen the Couer d'Alene/Post Falls area and have already started working with an agent.
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5 February 2025 | 14 replies
Connect with a lender/agent locally to get a feel for the area/what you can qualify.
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6 February 2025 | 13 replies
@Steve Meyers I’ve been running this with some success with a local cincinnati agent on 2+ units and nationally with a commercial broker for shopping centers.
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
Aligning yourself with a buyers agent who understands the STR market is absolutely critical.
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15 January 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Gregory Schwartz: A local agent recently got sued for calling an old client who was on the Do Not Call list.
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5 February 2025 | 3 replies
Recently, our real estate agent did a market analysis and estimates we can sell for between $575K-$585K, resulting in a net gain after all of our fees of about $100K.