Flip This Wholesaler

This morning I went over to my friend's house to use the mls (she is an appraiser and has access). I did a search for all listings in the areas I'm interested in (3 counties) that have the word "motivated" in the remarks section. I think there were over 300 of them, maybe more, I'm not sure. I spent the day looking through them, picking out the ones I want to make offers on (the ones that are vacant), and sending out postcards to a bunch (I just dropped about 75 in the mailbox- would have done more but ran out of stamps). I imagine I will get a few calls from those next week.

I got 2 calls today from my advertising. I made offers to both of them, but haven't heard anything back.

I added a few investors to my buyers list today while I was calling on ads in the paper. I've been forcing myself to make as many phone calls as I can and to talk to as many sellers/realtors/investors as possible. I used to dread making phone calls, but now realize how important it is to make as many contacts as possible and to get the word out that I am looking for deals. I give my business card to every listing agent when I go look at a property, and tell them to keep me in mind if they see a deal. So, even if my offers get rejected, I am still making valuable contacts that will hopefully produce some deals sooner or later.

Tomorrow I'm going to look at and make offers on some of the properties I found on the mls today. I also need to spend some time organizing my office, as it is a complete disaster right now.