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Any real estate investor whom is thriving can solve many people’s problems and this how you can raise your stress level. The more you know, be it people or things, means you can offer others more options to their problems. You’ll be ahead of the game if you find yourself being called by people wanting solutions. You need to advertise that you are able to help.

Competition in the real estate market is fierce and it is for this reason that you will need to learn how to properly market yourself and your service. You need to specialize so you should decide what you like and what you’re good at in the real estate field.

The following is a brief overlay of possible real estate markets:

• Vacation Villas/Condos


• Single Family Units


• Apartment Housing


• Commercial (anything from strip malls to offices)


• Industrial (manufacturing, factories etc.)


• Farms


• Raw Land


• Special Purpose (schools, churches, power plants and the like)

With the market as it is, real estate deals can be found:

• Bulletin boards as well as local papers should be looked at. This goes for every type of publication you may get at your home or business. Be sure to get one of the first copies. You can also send out advertising to target people on the verge of selling their real estate.


• Look through the public notice section of your newspaper. Look for heirs and lawyers. Also look at the garage sales (may be listed as “moving sales”) section. Check them out and ask about their home and their neighbors.


• Look for foreclosed homes that are abandoned and/or run down. You can make an offer to whoever owns that piece of real estate.


• Make friends with the local lenders. Make sure they know that you are the person to call when they hear of real estate about to become available.


• Watch your paper for real estate that is going into foreclosure. If there is bad weather when you go to auction you will have a better chance at picking up a property cheap.


• Be specific when talking to real estate agents. Make sure they know to only contact you when they meet your needs.


• Selectivity should be checked out the door. When buying real estate take what you can get. You can always improve on it then resell it or rent it out for a recurring income.


• Paper your neighborhood with flyers and business cards. Target shopping centers, laundry mats, fast food restaurants and other places that are high traffic so that people know if they have real estate to unload to think of you.


• Enlist an army. Offer $500 to anyone who can point you to real estate that you eventually will purchase.


• Place signs around your service area allowing people to know you buy real estate.


• Overpriced real estate may be looked at of course, but make lowball offers then walk away from it.


• When buying real estate offer 15% less than your actual buy amount. They may bite and, if they don’t, you gave yourself a 15% wiggle room.

No matter your standing in the real estate community I’ve given you several ideas to help you along to becoming greater at what you do.