Are you finally ready to start finding great real estate deals that you can wholesale for a fast profit? Well, let's get a big picture overview of some of the various ways that you can find deals as a real estate investor or real estate wholesaler, and in future articles I will break each one down in detail.

Before I get started, I want to point out that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of variations on these methods for finding deals. You may talk to another investor who is doing something similar (mailing a different list of people, using a different flyer method, and so on). So, to spare you the monotony of endless variations, I will try to discuss some of the more common and/or more effective methods I know of for finding real estate deals from years of personal experience and the experience of the hundreds of wholesalers who I work with.

How Investors Find Deals

According to a survey of investors in Gary Keller's book, "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor," 32% of their deals came from networking, 28% came from real estate agents and the MLS, 10% from driving and walking neighborhoods, 9% from newspapers, 7% from foreclosure listings, 4% from For Sale By Owner (FSBO), 3% from Internet and Database research, 2% from targeted marketing and 5% from other sources. So, there are many ways to find wholesale deals, we will be focusing on locating motivated sellers.

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