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Those familiar with Jerry Nortons double dip strategy where does buyer side commission come from if you let the agent represent you

I can show what i have and what prices i have verbals on, two deals Ohio, one in Michigan ,one in Georgia

I’ve been diving hard into wholesaling lately and honestly I’m trying to understand how the real day-to-day operation actually works from people actively doing deals.

I’m not expecting one person to answer all of this, but literally any insight on any part of this would help a ton.

- How are you guys actually finding motivated sellers consistently?
- What lead sources are producing the best results right now?
- How many leads are you calling/texting daily?
- Are you mainly calling FSBOs, realtor listings, vacant properties, probates, preforeclosures, etc?
- On market or off market?
- How do you contact most leads? Cold call, text, email, direct mail?
- Roughly how many conversations/offers/contracts does it take before you land a real deal?
- How do you go about finding buyers?
- Do you build buyers lists first or find deals first?
- If a property is vacant, how does access/keys/showings usually work with buyers?
- What do you guys actually say on the phone without sounding robotic or getting instantly labeled as a wholesaler?
- How do you handle calling leads when there’s barely any info/photos?
- Do you run comps before every single call, or just qualify first and comp later?
- If you don’t already know repairs/ARV beforehand, how do you even go about making offers at scale?
- It feels like every city only has a limited amount of aged/distressed on-market listings and most have probably already been hit by wholesalers 20 times already. Is that actually true or am I overthinking it?

I’ve started making realtor calls already just to get reps in and learn the process, but I’m trying to understand what separates people who occasionally get lucky from people consistently locking up deals.

Any advice is appreciated.

I’ve been diving hard into wholesaling lately and honestly I’m trying to understand how the real day-to-day operation actually works from people actively doing deals.

I’m not expecting one person to answer all of this, but literally any insight on any part of this would help a ton.

- How are you guys actually finding motivated sellers consistently?
- What lead sources are producing the best results right now?
- How many leads are you calling/texting daily?
- Are you mainly calling FSBOs, realtor listings, vacant properties, probates, preforeclosures, etc?
- On market or off market?
- How do you contact most leads? Cold call, text, email, direct mail?
- Roughly how many conversations/offers/contracts does it take before you land a real deal?
- How do you go about finding buyers?
- Do you build buyers lists first or find deals first?
- If a property is vacant, how does access/keys/showings usually work with buyers?
- What do you guys actually say on the phone without sounding robotic or getting instantly labeled as a wholesaler?
- How do you handle calling leads when there’s barely any info/photos?
- Do you run comps before every single call, or just qualify first and comp later?
- If you don’t already know repairs/ARV beforehand, how do you even go about making offers at scale?
- It feels like every city only has a limited amount of aged/distressed on-market listings and most have probably already been hit by wholesalers 20 times already. Is that actually true or am I overthinking it?

I’ve started making realtor calls already just to get reps in and learn the process, but I’m trying to understand what separates people who occasionally get lucky from people consistently locking up deals.

Any advice is appreciated.

Is focusing mainly on cold calling realtors from Zillow a bad strategy for getting started in wholesaling?

I’m still learning and I see a lot of people talking about skip tracing, tax delinquent lists, vacant properties, outsourced lead generation, etc. But right now I’ve mostly just been calling agents directly and trying to learn the process that way.

For those with experience, is this a solid way to start building connections and finding deals, or am I limiting myself too much by only working listed properties and realtor relationships?

What made you choose the niche you focus on most?

Single family, multifamily, flips, rentals, distressed, turnkey, infill lots, etc.

And do you prefer on-market or off-market deals? Why?

Just trying to learn how different investors think and what makes certain strategies worth it to them.

Looking for reputable sources, books and or gurus to learn from. Who sucks, who’s legit, not trying to shortcut the work but would like to shortcut the furus, thanks.