By attracting more people like making free in-person meetups they spend time, money and create more competition.

they have a pretty good monthly REIA group here to check out, and lots of competition ;)

Hello out there.

What lenders (besides banks) will loan for new construction? I unexpectedly won an auction for TWO properties. While I can afford to buy the properties, I am already working on a new construct and m...

Now don't get me wrong there is always competition and yes one company could be higher or lower for all kinds of reasons..So it will boil down to personal preference to decide..Now if you get a company to come down a lot lower than the others, that should be a red flag and you shouldn't use them!!

You can add this to the marketing strategy.Why you can influence them to sell their house with Facebook and InstagramIf you're strategic with your marketing, you can show up on their Facebook and Instagram news feeds multiple times with multiple direct response messages and also interesting content (with retargeting and other strategies).When they see your brand and consume your content or see your offers, they become WARM leads because they know your business and they're starting to think about selling.Once they contact you to help them sell their house, or to ask you for an offer, they become HOT leads.Now, let me ask you 2 questions:1) Who do you prefer to contact and what's more time efficient?

Buy ugly or distressed and you should not have as much competition from those that want something turnkey or owner occupants wanting to house hack.    

I've found some smaller cities there with a wide variety of property values that are very amenable to investing- specifically Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Marshall, and Jackson.Grand Rapids is the fastest growing area of the state and so you have a lot more competition with retail buyers and other investors for undervalued properties.

You will find your most competitive options with the programs speciafically set up for flippers.I'll PM you the info. 

Someone told me about an app called plowz and mowz...Don't know how competitive it is, but maybe give them a shot?

So for a $200k property you'll need at least ~$20-25k ($7-8k down payment, $12k for 6 months of PITI, and some $5k for closing costs unless you roll them into the loan, which can be a deal breaker when dealing with lots of competition).