Anthony Cota

I want to say it was in Birmingham, Alabama, of all places, which, you know, beautiful place to invest. But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which I own a lot of real estate in. Yeah, definitely. But yeah, I mean, they really just came from outbound agent outreach.

I want to say it was in Birmingham, Alabama, of all places, which, you know, beautiful place to invest. But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which I own a lot of real estate in. Yeah, definitely. But yeah, I mean, they really just came from outbound agent outreach.

You know, I think that's where my first handful of deals came from because I didn't really have any, you know, I didn't have the funds or honestly the confidence to go and start doing any off market acquisitions or anything like that. So I'd say my first handful of deals, three, four or five deals all just came from talking to agents of properties that were already listed.

You know, I think that's where my first handful of deals came from because I didn't really have any, you know, I didn't have the funds or honestly the confidence to go and start doing any off market acquisitions or anything like that. So I'd say my first handful of deals, three, four or five deals all just came from talking to agents of properties that were already listed.

I was probably at like deal 10 to 12 before I started spending any money on marketing.

I was probably at like deal 10 to 12 before I started spending any money on marketing.

No doubt, man. And one thing I want to like people to understand, you know, is like one thing that you said that kind of resonated with me is like off market is great. Like I think there's a lot of potential there, but realtors can feed you forever. You know, if you get 10 good realtors on your side, That can feed you one or two deals a year.

No doubt, man. And one thing I want to like people to understand, you know, is like one thing that you said that kind of resonated with me is like off market is great. Like I think there's a lot of potential there, but realtors can feed you forever. You know, if you get 10 good realtors on your side, That can feed you one or two deals a year.

Again, just kind of like I was talking about in the car industry, like you almost get to go on autopilot and then everything after that is just cherry on top. Once you build that trust and relationship, people know you can close, know you're honest, ethical, like you get, they start feeding you deals without you having to go search for them. Yep.

Again, just kind of like I was talking about in the car industry, like you almost get to go on autopilot and then everything after that is just cherry on top. Once you build that trust and relationship, people know you can close, know you're honest, ethical, like you get, they start feeding you deals without you having to go search for them. Yep.

Yeah, I think the often conversation is that I have with people, especially like newer people that wanted to get into wholesaling. It's kind of like you have one of two things, right? You usually have more time than money or more money than time. And the select few are blessed to have both. So I was under the I had more time than money at, you know, in the beginning. So yeah.

Yeah, I think the often conversation is that I have with people, especially like newer people that wanted to get into wholesaling. It's kind of like you have one of two things, right? You usually have more time than money or more money than time. And the select few are blessed to have both. So I was under the I had more time than money at, you know, in the beginning. So yeah.

The conversations with realtors are obviously a bit easier because they're already representing someone who wants to sell their house, but they're also challenging because they're listed on the open market to hopefully get the most substantial amount of value they could possibly get. And the realtors are kind of protecting that, right?

The conversations with realtors are obviously a bit easier because they're already representing someone who wants to sell their house, but they're also challenging because they're listed on the open market to hopefully get the most substantial amount of value they could possibly get. And the realtors are kind of protecting that, right?

In a sense that like they're gatekeeping what the real price of the property should be based off of whatever they think it should be, right? It has nothing to do with what the real value is, just what they think it should be.

In a sense that like they're gatekeeping what the real price of the property should be based off of whatever they think it should be, right? It has nothing to do with what the real value is, just what they think it should be.

if you can't get past that realtor um you're kind of sol right the benefit of working direct to homeowner is the opposite like you get direct to homeowner obviously there's there's usually payment for speed and convenience of working with you know people like us cash buyers etc um so there's a lot of ease in that and again you get to build rapport and relationship through that as well before making those like lower offers like you were saying um

if you can't get past that realtor um you're kind of sol right the benefit of working direct to homeowner is the opposite like you get direct to homeowner obviously there's there's usually payment for speed and convenience of working with you know people like us cash buyers etc um so there's a lot of ease in that and again you get to build rapport and relationship through that as well before making those like lower offers like you were saying um

So preference, honestly, I think if you have the means to do it, I think there's a good balance of both. I think obviously realtors are free. You know, you can dial as many realtors as you want on the open MLS. There are, you're going to accrue costs trying to find off market deals, you know?

So preference, honestly, I think if you have the means to do it, I think there's a good balance of both. I think obviously realtors are free. You know, you can dial as many realtors as you want on the open MLS. There are, you're going to accrue costs trying to find off market deals, you know?