Flipping America

You hear a lot of talk about deal marketing but how does it actually happen? At some point, every single family real estate investor ought to try and speak with actual homeowners who need to sell their home. Short of bidding at the courthouse foreclosure auctions with a wad of certified checks in your pocket, this is the best way to buy property. And because you have the opportunity to use creative deal structuring this could possibly be the best way to purchase property. But you have to find the sellers, right? If you drive up and down a street and pay close attention to the houses you may be able to tell some things about the occupants. Do you see what we might call deferred maintenance? That could be a sign that the owners are struggling financially right now. You may have someone willing to sell their house. Vacant and abandoned properties are pretty easy to spot. But there usually aren’t clear indications of other life situations that could be leading people to sell. This includes but isn’t limited to di