Of course people say to start out wholesaling, that way if I can negotiate a wholesale, you can negotiate anything.

Would it be better to put the house under contract before you start to market the house for wholesale. 2.

I'm getting pumped up and ready to start marketing for wholesale deals but I have a couple of questions that I wanted to ask the season vets here on BP: 1.

I want to get started in REI, but now I'm not too sure where to start.I have driven around looking at properties,gone on walk-throughs and searched for prospective deals in the paper and on the internet.Im not sure if I should wholesale,or lease option properties.I really want to get started but not quite sure where to begin.Any and all help is appreciated.

Also, as a wholesaler, I need to try to get the property for 3% less than other investors, which makes that 3% even more important.

Thanks Dan.Yeah, I'm a little weary of doing this; sure it sounds great, as they do provide all of the marketing and overhead, but I'd only get "around 30%" of any whole sale deal.

If I want to read about wholesaling, I don't want to scroll through the Starting Out section to find wholesale posts, I want to read about it in the wholesale section while my mind is geared toward learning about wholesaling and grouping information in my mind about wholesaling.By looking at the post counts, it almost seems like all the other sections should be consolidated into one thread or the Starting Out section should be removed (or even better- fill it with stickies with general FAQs) to force posts into the proper sections.I think that it's almost an option where to put it- I could ask a rehab question in the rehab section, or just put it in the general since anything falls under general.

The above stated methods certainly work very well, however, I collect my wholesale fee at the time that I assign the contract.

If investors want at least 60% ARV then it sounds like wholesalers can only make money on severely undervalued homes.Thanks.Chris

Sorry I know this isn't your typical wholesale....any help is appreciated.