We’re in a “Buyer’s Market”…But Where Are the Real Estate Deals? (Rookie Reply)
Summary
This article from BiggerPockets discusses strategies for finding real estate deals in a buyer's market, specifically off-market deals. It touches on evaluating negative cash flow properties and provides insights into networking and MLS opportunities. Hosts can apply these strategies to finding properties suitable for short-term rentals and analyze market conditions.
Key Insights
- •The MLS still has a lot of good opportunities.
- •If you're okay paying into these negative cashflow properties because even though they’re paying a couple hundred dollars each month, they are banking on appreciation that in several years, five years, 10 years, they’ll be able to sell the property, recoup all of that money, they invested it into it, plus make a bigger return and cash out then.
Action Items
- ✓Consider networking with people who are good at cold calling and going direct to seller.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
- ✓Define what type of seller you’re looking for, because if you just do all across the board, it’s going to be a broader net and it’s going to take more of your time and more of your money to contact all of these people.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Common Mistakes
- ⚠If your focus is, I’m doing this because I want income or I want to maybe subsidize my living cost, this is a bad deal because you’re losing money.
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