I feel like I keep jumping from code violations, to pre-foreclosures, to FSBO....but have yet to land that first deal. I just want to know people's opinions on what is the best list to put all my attention on to get my first deal?? Thanks for the insight in advance!! 😁

Hey fellow wholesalers, As a wholesaler who has a team of two VA's, runs SMS campaign and has a licensed realtor on top of VA's (who apprentices as helper/acquisition guy) , getting a steady flow of off market leads, I am curious: how many of you feel like you are playing a scratch off lottery with all the lists you pull and sellers you target? We get 2 to 5 leads daily. Our top performing lead manager/cold caller VA gets an average of two leads for us from cold call campaign. Second VA is not doing so great, but also delivers 1 lead every other day. Both of them work part time. The reality is almost all of these so called leads are unmotivated or somewhat motivated and have all the time on their hand to list it with agent or do FSBO. Realistically, we are lucky to close 1 deal a month (by closing I mean delivering it to a finish line, where it's assigned to end buyer and paid for). All the tweaks and attempts to pull so called "motivated" lists deliver near identical results. It seems like anyone you can get on the phone, who you think might be motivated to sell, has already received hundreds of calls from other cold callers and couldn't care less what seller techniques you use on them. As Rick says, they are simply not motivated. Some of them are awesome people and it's easy to establish a rapport with them (many are being jerks, yell, scream and curse at my cold callers without provocation and the moment they are asked about the property they own). But even nicest ones are there to "help you" make them a retail offer or buy at retail price. Occasionally they will agree to sell at 80% of market value, but when we run numbers it's obvious that we would have to lock it at 40%-50% of Zillow/Redfin value to make it a viable deal. Anything above that erodes any profits potential buyer would make, let alone squeezing our assignment fee, which would be on top of it. So, what is your take on it? Are there truly seasoned wholesalers that do 5-10 deals a month off market with relatively limited resources?

Hey everyone, hope business is going well for all of you! Just wanted to drop a quick reminder that might help someone still in the early grind, every single step counts. Whether you’re cold calling, learning, or networking, those little actions stack up faster than you think. Persistence really does pay off in this business. For me, I’m right at that point where I’m finally ready to start cold calling. I’ve been studying, practicing scripts, and building my workflow, but I’ve run into one small challenge. Google Voice isn’t supported in my country, and I really need a U.S. number to get started. I know it’s not the easiest thing to help with, setting up a Gmail, tying a number to it, and getting it verified, but I also know there are some amazing people in this group who remember what it’s like starting from zero. I’m starting on a $0 budget, but I’ve got the drive, the knowledge, and the hunger to make it happen. If anyone could help me set up a Google Voice account from their end, that one act would truly light up my whole career. In case you use paid dialers due to how big your business is now, and you don't need to use your Google voice for cold calling again, you may help me with that. While I do not mean to bother, burden, or inconvenience anyone, I hope you get the reward back in multifold someday. It’s not something I’d ever take for granted. The person who helps me make that first call will always be part of my story. And when I finally close my first deal, I’ll make sure your kindness turns into someone else’s inspiration. Thank you all for the motivation and knowledge you share here, it keeps people like me pushing forward every single day.