Category: Evaluating Deals

The Real Estate Wholesaling Metrics That Show You Where Deals Are Slipping Away

Posted on by Josh Brown

real estate wholesaling metrics

Hey there, Josh Brown here.

We talk to a lot of investors who come to us saying they’re not doing deals. And when we ask what they’ve been doing and how it’s been working, they look at us and say: “uhhhhh…I don’t know”.

That’s the whole problem.

If you’re not doing deals and you don’t have data, nobody can help you. Because without numbers, all anyone can tell you is “do more marketing” — which is the least useful advice in the world. But when you have the real estate wholesaling metrics laid out in front

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The Rehab Math Mistake That’s Quietly Killing Investor Margins

Posted on by Josh Brown

full gut rehab cost estimate vs paint and carpet flip

Hey there, Josh Brown here.

I spend most of my time behind the scenes, not on job sites. But when the same mistake shows up over and over across our investor base, it’s worth pulling on the thread.

Here’s one that costs people real money: they run a full gut rehab cost estimate through the exact same formula they’d use on a paint-and-carpet flip. The numbers come out wrong before they’ve even bought the house.

I saw it again recently in a deal one of our students brought to a coaching call. Small ranch, under twelve hundred

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Why Your Rehab Estimate Is Probably Wrong (And What to Do About It)

Posted on by Cam Dunlap

per square foot rehab estimate mistake

Hey there, Cam Dunlap here.

I’m sitting here finishing up a bathroom remodel on the other side of the wall next to my home office — literally, the plumber just left — and it’s got me thinking about one of the most expensive mistakes I see wholesalers make over and over again.

They misprice repairs. Their per square foot rehab estimate looks tidy—and it’s still wrong. 

And it costs them the deal, their credibility with buyers, or both.

I had a question come in recently from one of our members — I’ll call him Alex. 

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How to Choose the Best Market for Wholesaling Real Estate (Even in Expensive Areas)

Posted on by Cameron Dunlap

I recently had this interesting question come up during one of our Inner Circle coaching calls.

Eduardo asked me:

“Generally, what considerations should inform the selection of a market to start with wholesaling? How do these change for crushing the competition with vacant houses?”

I love this question. It’s one I hear variations of all the time from investors just getting started.

Many times, new investors get caught in a trap of their own making — they believe certain markets are “too competitive,” “too expensive,” or “too something else” to make wholesaling work.

But

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