Learn my 15 step process for selling wholesale real estate FAST! Discover secrets to finding cash buyers, negotiating good deals & what contract to use for quick cash!
You are so close!
If you are reading this, there is a good probability that you have a property under contract and now you need to know how to sell a house fast.
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You are in the process of investing in real estate and you can just about taste a deal coming.
Either way, you are in the right place to become a successful wholesaler!
Wholesaling is one of my favorite investment strategies (especially with distressed properties) and is an excellent way to start your career in the industry.
In this guide, I am going to show you everything you need to know, from A to Z on what to do from the moment you ink the deal with your motivated seller until the moment you are cashing your profit check…all without leaving your desk!
The Key to Selling Your Wholesale Deal Fast, is Getting a GOOD Deal!
Good deals are always the key to being successful at Real Estate investing. Especially when you are wholesaling.
Assuming that you contracted the property well below market value, selling it will be relatively easy because you have the ability to make your wholesale profit and… leave enough additional profit on the table for your buyer!
Imagine yourself in your cash buyer’s shoes…
To run their rehabbing business, a typical day looks like this…
They raise money, manage contractors, drive by houses, inspect houses, estimate repairs, estimate ARV, find retail buyers (when they sell), manage a database, answer emails, take phone calls from inspectors, attorneys, brokers, appraisers, city officials, and all of the other Real Estate players… and just to top it off…
They Have to Find GOOD Deals
This is where you come in!
This is an important part of the value you bring to the table, as a wholesaler.
This is why cash buyers love you!
All of the deal-making pieces that require their time when they buy the property cash are alleviated by you.
If you want to be the top wholesaler in your market with access to hungry buyers so you can spend more time finding hot deals, then follow these steps to selling a house now…
How to Wholesale Real Estate Fast in 15 Simple Steps – Without Leaving Your Desk
- Create a flyer to highlight the reasons why this is a good deal.
- Create a PDF version of the flyer and include it as an attachment to an autoresponder email using iFlip so that you can build your email list of investors in your market.
- Connect that autoresponder email to your buyers website using iFlip so that your buyers will get instant access to the flyer.
- Place ads on Craigslist in the “real estate for sale” section:
- Use an image like the one below or hand-write a text ad to use in Craigslist so you can attract potential buyers to your buyers’ website.
- Send potential buyers to your buyers’ website (via the url in your ad)
- Let technology (like iFlip) send the PDF to the buyer with all the details automatically
- Program/setup your autoresponder to automatically build rapport, sift & sort, and warm up buyers for future deals
- Place a “FSBO” sign in the yard of the subject property (with permission from the seller of course)
- Put out yellow road signs that say “Handyman Special – Cheap – Cash (123) – 456 – 7890.”
- Look on Google, Craigslist, your local paper, road signs, and anywhere else you can find your competitors advertising. Call them and let them know that you are looking to sell your house for cash and/or ask if they would like to get on your email list to be notified of your next deal.
- Add all good leads to your buyer database so that you can call/email them back on your next deal.
- Place “Pay Per Click” ads online to send local investors to your buyer’s website (Google & Facebook)
- Attend your local Real Estate Investors Association meetings to pass out flyers and let them know that you are looking to sell a house for cash.
- Send a postcard to cash buyers in your market
All of these steps are important… especially when you are brand new to Real Estate Investing… but, they are technical and complicated unless you have a system like iFlip that makes it easy and does most of the work for you. However, if you want to keep it simple and sell your property quickly to a cash house buyer then step #15 is one of the most important (and least technical) steps for you to focus on.
As a wholesaler, it is important to find ways to save time… working with known, cash buyers is going to save you a lot of time and hassle.
Plus, working with cash buyers allows you to avoid “tire-kickers” or “posers” who claim to be Real Estate investors but will end up wasting your time and promising to close on your deals, but back out at the last minute. This will NOT make your day.
Where to Find CASH Buyers
Here are two proven ways to find cash buyers for your deals…
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- You can go down to your local courthouse and scour public records for recent cash real estate transactions. I don’t love this method because it requires you to leave your desk and it is so time consuming it can become a part-time job because every time a cash transaction occurs, you’ll have to find it and record it in your database for it to be up-to-date.
Pro Tip: If you choose to go this route, be sure to find an assistant that you can easily train on the process so that you don’t have to be the person doing it.
- Use the Cash Buyer Data Feed. Because of the challenges (time, effort, energy) with finding cash buyers via public record, I created a software program that allows any investor to automate the process of finding known cash buyers right from their desk.
- You can go down to your local courthouse and scour public records for recent cash real estate transactions. I don’t love this method because it requires you to leave your desk and it is so time consuming it can become a part-time job because every time a cash transaction occurs, you’ll have to find it and record it in your database for it to be up-to-date.
Every month, my team aggregates the data from all over the country. We weed out all of the irrelevant information and keep only the most relevant and profitable data that helps us, as wholesalers who want to sell property fast. With the Cash Buyer Data Feed you can instantly access all of the cash buyers in your market, and everywhere in the USA.
With access to this highly qualified buyers list you can make offers with confidence knowing that you have cash buyers you can sell your deals to.
What to Say to Potential Real Estate Cash Buyers
You will save a lot of time and energy if you get good at screening out “un-qualified” buyers.
Some buyers say they have cash, but what they really mean is, they have an asset that they need to sell in order to get that cash.
Some buyers will say they have done a bunch of deals, when in reality, they bought their first home a couple decades ago, they bought their move-up home a decade ago, and they just closed on a new home.
Yet some are TRUE cash buyers who are buying and selling property every month.
It is important that you don’t waste your time… yet, it is also important to get “off on the right foot” with the real cash buyers for houses.
I have created a script so you know exactly what to say and I include it for free inside the Cash Buyer Data Feed.
How to Let Your Cash Buyer Inspect the Interior of The Property
Remember… not all buyers are equal. Some will waste your time, while others are serious deal-makers. As soon as you have identified that a buyer is a deal-maker, you can tell them how to get in.
The best way is to have a lockbox on the property with a key. You would get the key from the seller and then head to your local hardware store and buy your own lock box.
Usually, a seller is OK with giving you the key. Naturally, they are hesitant to do this for fear of the unknown, but when you remind them that the house needs work and that there is nothing to steal… they will often give you the key. This is especially true when they are not local.
If you were not able to get a key, then try this…
Let the seller know that you tend to get a half dozen or more buyers, contractors, and partners who will want to see the inside. Usually they will give you the key once they hear this because they “have had it” with the property, and don’t want to waste any more time.
Once you get the lockbox up, you can give the code to your qualified buyers…
If your buyer provides you with “proof of funds” or they have done a deal with you before… the risk of anything happening is very small.
If this is a new person that you think would make a good buyer, but you are a little hesitant… you may want to actually meet them at the property.
What if the Seller Won’t Give you a Key?
If you were not able to get the key, you can either have the seller show the property to you and each buyer on separate showings, or…
To save everyone a little time and to create an “auction effect”, you could schedule a mini-open house. This is a window of time that works for you and the seller which you think potential buyers will be able to fit in their schedules. It could be 1 hour… it could be 4 hours… it could be on a weekday, or a weekend… whatever works.
Try to make the window of time as narrow as possible… when buyers run into each other, they see that there is demand for the property, and they are more likely to sign the deal right then and there.
If the property is bank-owned, this process is easier. The lockbox is already on the house; you just have to get the code from the Real Estate Agent. It’s generally easier to get access when there’s an agent involved because they are used to the process of showing properties and aren’t emotionally attached to the house. They also understand that you’re saving them time and trouble.
What Contract to Use and When…
When you are planning to do a “double closing” between sellers and buyers, I recommend using the local Realtor Board Contract. This is what all of the local brokers, attorneys, and title companies understand and expect.
When you are doing a “single close” AKA “assignment” deal, all you need to do is assign your contract to your buyer. The buyer will want to review your deal with the seller and if acceptable, they will essentially agree to buy your contract. Just be sure that you’re using an assignable contract! See my article on buying from private sellers here.
You will get paid at closing. Your name (or company name) will be entered into the HUD1 as a buyer’s line item.
Here is an example what an assignment agreement looks like:
You can create something similar to this in your favorite text editor on your computer.
What to Do After You Sign the Contract with the Buyer
As soon as you find a buyer to sell the contract to, you need to let your closing agent know.
Call him/her up and ask where to send the contract.
When you are doing a double close, you will have 2 contracts… 1 with the seller, and a different contract with the buyer. In the case of a single close/assignment deal you will already have the contract with the seller and it should already be in the hands of the closing agent. Now, you’ll have an assignment agreement with your buyer, which needs to go to the closing agent too. It’s effectively your contract to sell. Either way, send your new agreement with your buyer to your closing agent as soon as possible.
Your closing agent will handle all of the paperwork, schedule the closing, and work with the title company to make sure that the property can transfer with a “marketable title”.
Your assignment agreement has to be “paid off” in order for the property to close.
All that is left for you to do is wait for the closing and then you can…
Cash Your Paycheck
This step-by-step list showed you how to sell a wholesale real estate deal quickly, however…
If you would like a complete guide on flipping a house with no money, credit, or experience (in 30 days or less), check out my blog post on flipping houses with no money.
Leave a comment below… I’d love to get your feedback and I always respond personally.
Regards,
Cameron Dunlap
Craigslist does not want people to put url’s for websites on ads. They will delete such ads. It seems that trying to sneak a url on an image would not get you in their good graces. Do I want to take the risk of not being able to post on such a widely used resource?
Not too sure about letting people in with just lockbox code anymore because there’s nothing to steal. If you have copper water lines or any copper anywhere, water tanks, c/a units, any appliances, etc in the house I recommend going by once a day to be sure the idiots locked the door and didn’t walk off with said things. Ask me how I know this.
I used to do this for years and never had any problems. Now with meth-heads and no one there to keep them in check these things can take a hike. Last property I had they left the door standing wide open, stripped out all the wires from where they go into the wall all the way back to the panel and walked off with the water tank. Of course no one saw a thing.
In regards to finding cash buyers if you have a good relationship with your title company how about checking with them for a list of buyers who closed with cash?
Great post, Cam. Extremely helpful!
Thanks Cam for the insight on selling. Very helpful, I will put it to good use.
I was told by a real estate attorney that Escrow companies do not like to see, in a purchase agreement between a wholesaler and seller, that the contract will be “assigned”. Without using that term, how can a wholesaler ensure that he/she will be able to assign the contract to another buyer?
Some Escrow companies don’t but not all. One of the many things we do for our clients is point them to closing agents that are known to be investor friendly. With the funding we do we have worked with MANY. To your question about an alternative to an assignment, the answer is simply a back-to-back closing. Like those that we fund for our clients every day.
Thanks for your input Rance.
Cam
Thanks Cam , as always very informative and helpful to a new real estate investor
Am in Pennsylvania. Title companies have told me in the past, doing a double closing each transaction must be able to stand by its self with out using money from the final buyer. How would I do a double closing in this case.
By using our No Fee Funding!
Where can i find info about your no fee funding?
Mark, there is information here:
http://www.fundaflip.com
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Cam, this is such good stuff and need it right now. One question for you? How is double close handed in CA? Can I use the final buyers cash to fund sale? Do I have to have fund each transaction?
Carmen – Double closings are done in CA all the time. When there are 2 closing agents involved the 2nd (B to C) may require that the A to B deed is recorded before they close. In this case the deal may not happen on the same day. That’s why we talk about same day/next day closings as one. We look at them as the same thing from a funding perspective. Something, in addition to charging no funding fees, other sources do not.
In most cases you can not use the buyer’s cash to fund the deal, thus the need for transactional funding, and again in our case, with no fees.
Plan on needing to fund the A to B transaction each time you do a wholesale deal.
I hope this helps.
Cam
This blog absolutely deserves a thumbs up. The points are so practical and realistic. In essence, every home seller and buyer should read this.
This article is great, I mean, from a point of view of an expert on how to sell a house fast, this is really useful and informative, I buy houses, I actually have a website its forthomebuyers.com, but I rarely see this kind of blog that provides great points. Great job on this one!
Great article! I’m in the whole “sell your house fast industry and pricing has been my saving grace for getting rid of my properties quickly, as well as cleaning up the landscaping. I may need to look more into home staging for some of those tougher properties. All in all, a great article that gave me a few new ideas! Thanks
In regard to Rance’s question about using the word “assigned”, my understanding is that in most, if not all, jurisdictions, any contract can be assigned unless it specifically says that it cannot be. So if that is true, you don’t need the word on the contract to assign it. It is legally assignable.
Do you have a comment on that, Cam?
Thanks for the comprehensive information in this blog.
I agree with you Dan. If there is no mention of assignability in the contract it is by default assignable.
Cam
Most people would charge a fee for the knowledge you just gave us, that is, those of us who is new to the wholesale property business.
The information provided is golden. A formula if followed to the letter, in conjunction with the tools that are necessary will begin to lead us down the path to financial wellness.
Thanks Cameron. You are appreciated.
Well articulated wholesale transaction step by step. Thanks for such an easy to follow guidance.
Thanks Cam! Well written, informative, and chalk full of valuable information.
Another awesome blog Cam thanks much for making it achievable to all that are passionate about this craft continued prosperity.
Cam, good stuff do those techniques work in Virginia?
Yes
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Your “Blueprint” is Correct and Real Information. I had been in the Business for few year and honestly was surprised,that there were no misleading info or “hiden agenda”.
With Respect,
Sam Sokolovsky
Licensed Realtor
Wholesaling is probably 1 of the most effective niches to make money with little to no money out of your own pocket. There are so many different ways you can approach this niche. Nice Article, thanks
THANKS GREAT INFORMATION CAM GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL YOUR LOVED AND FRIENDS IN JESUS NAME
for the issue of complaints about an assignment in the contract I believe all you have to do is eliminate the part that says “non assignable”. if the contract is not restricted you can assign it. In Florida they created multiple check boxes that detail all ways in the FARBAR contract that RE agents use so you need your own version of the contract.
As always, the guidance and information you provide in this articles is great. I highly and sincerely appreciate it!
If I can find a deal that cheap enough to be wholesale, I would rather keep it for myself.
That’s great. What you’re describing is simply using a different exit strategy and investors have the option to do what they want with every deal they do. The numbers, location, condition, seller’s needs/wants, etc. all play into that decision of course.
You can find deals like this using out tools.
I have copied and saved cash buyers part! It is also a big challenge! I agree, proper screening waste our time, energy but if not done properly we increase the chance of signing deals with dormant buyers instead of true active buyers it demoralize the energy and slowdown the process.
Thanks Cam for the insights.
Deep screening is important.
“Some buyers say they have cash, but what they really mean is, they have an asset that they need to sell in order to get that cash.
Some buyers will say they have done a bunch of deals, when in reality, they bought their first home a couple decades ago, they bought their move-up home a decade ago, and they just closed on a new home.
Yet some are TRUE cash buyers who are buying and selling property every month.”
Ya know, in SEO I would pay people to post on blogs; that “had to be legit” to be indexed by Google for (juice) from (Google Index) for “backlinks”! . After discovering y’all I won’t be.
Thanks, Cam! I am brand new to this industry. I appreciate the knowledge you share, and, the awesome tools that you make available. There’s no doubt in my mind that utilizing what you provide will help me to be successful in this business. God bless you!