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FREE Ways to Find Buyers
1. Place ads on Craigslist
2. Call ads on Craigslist
3. Call other wholesaler’s
signs (“bandit” signs)
4. Google search “We Buy
Houses”, “Cash For Houses”,
etc., then call
5. “Hard Money” referrals
6. Mortgage/Loan Agent referrals
7. Call “For Rent” signs and
ads for landlords
8. Real estate broker and agent
referrals
9. Track HUD sales to landlords,
then reach out
10. Call MLS listings for referrals
11. Call Zillow listings for
referrals
12. Call Redfin listings for
referrals
13. Cal Trulia listings for
referrals
14. Get Title Company or
closing attorney referrals
15. Insurance Agent referrals
16. Property Manager referrals
17. Attend landlord association
meetings
18. Check closed MLS sales
using keywords (e.g.,
“foreclosure”) last 12 months,
write buyer
19. Order free title company list
of cash sales last 12 months,
write buyer
20. Call FSBO ads and signs
21. Talk to contractors working
on the job to find out the owner
22. Network meetups and REIA
meetings (Might have small
cost.)
23. Cultivate IRA owners to invest
24. Google Backpage.com, which
is gone. Pursue the
alternatives listed for free ads.
25. Post on Facebook “Fan Page”
26. Post YouTube video ad.
2 minutes, max.
27. Post YouTube “virtual tour”.
5 minutes, max.
28. Post to Blogger.com
29. Post to property syndication
websites
30. Hand out business cards
EVERYWHERE (small cost)
31. Probate Attorneys
ADDITIONAL Ways to Find Buyers (costs involved)
1. Place newspaper ads
2. Place “Penny Saver” ads
3. Put out “Bandit Signs” weekends
4. Buy a list of cash buyers from
listsource.com
5. “Bird Dogs”pay for buyer
referrals (if they buy
something)
6. Mail to adjacent property
owners with labels from title
company
7. Facebook paid ads
8. Google paid ads
9. YouTube paid ads
10. “For Sale” signs (with
owner’s approval)
11. White yard signs
12. Directional signs
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