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Want a new method for finding buyers, that you CAN'T get from anywhere else?
It's a tactic I have used for years and it's a playoff of the reverse cowgirl that I put in another post. Except this time you don't need to deal with pain in the butt realtors (i'm a realtor by the way, but I do understand) that won't return calls. Are you ready?
1. Go to the HUD website for you state.
2. Go to the Bid Statics page and write down the addresses every week of homes that have sold to investors. They will be the Non-owner occupied homes.
3. After a few weeks these deals will all be closing.
4. Go to your tax records and find out who bought them.
5. Contact those people.
This method cut's through the B.S because you will be tracking Non-Owner Occ sales. Which are investors, which will make you lots of money.
Best of all once you start tracking you will have a fresh updated list of the newest buyers every single week.
Good luck guys!
I was able to locate the website and all the information.... unbelievable...I am thoroughly impressed... excellent approach to finding potential buyers...and most importantly building a buyers list...Big Thumbs Up
Thanks Again,
J.J.
Try looking at this website for hud bid results....in Mississippi
http://www.hooksvanholm.com/ResultsMississippi.aspx for Bid results
or
http://www.hooksvanholm.com/StatisticsMississippi.aspx for Bid Statistics
Hope This helps....
J.J.
in Southern California
Hi DG Family:
Log onto hud.gov then look for your state. Then click on the TOPIC AREAS; Then click on homes for sale; then click on your state(ie NY) that will take you to an external link click on GO TO REQUESTED PAGE this will take you to a bid page, look for your home state, click on that.
On the right side of the page you will see BID RESULTS and BID Statics which you can search by city.
Hope this helps. Let me know how it turns out.
Sincerely,
Dekwort
4. Go to your tax records and find out who bought them
*WHERE IS THE TAX RECORDS? thanks
I am new here and I just found this. Thanks a bunch for sharing!! I will use this soon.
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Rick:
I will do my best to try walk you thru the steps for the HUD Site:
1. Go to http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/homes_for_sale
(there are several government agencies you can check out also)
2. Click on HUD
3. Pick your state, it will load a link to another site, click that link.
4. On the right side of the screen "Real Estate Agent's Corner", click "Search by City" under "Bid Statistics".
5. A window will come up with a list of Cities, pick the areas you are intersted in.
6. A list will come up of all the properties along with all the bidders for that property.
Hope this help!
Chris
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Thanx. It's a great idea and terrific info! :-]
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I already started implementing this in my routine of finding buyers. Thanks Eric for the genius idea.
Thanks for sharing the information.
"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
Napoleon Hill quote
What is the dif between the bid page and the statistics page?
Thanks,
D
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ok i understand every step except step 4. how do you go to your tax records to find out who purchased the property?
Thanks for the tip, Eric! That should help a lot of people stuck on building a buyers list. Very thoughtful of you to pass this information on. Good luck to you with all your deals.
Terry & Susan
Best of luck and God's Blessings to all who travel here.
Terry Smith
I have actually gotten lots of buyers from cl. I used carol's sample from her question and asnwer thread, and it worked like a charm. I too have had lots of spam, and the lates craze seems to be people flagging my ads and them getting removed. It only seems to happen when I am looking for tenant buyers, and distressed properties. I don't know why they keep doing that, maybe they don't want the competition.
it's a really good suggestion
The problem is that as more investors use CL, the slimmer the real listings. At one time there was not such a thing as a "ghost listing" (property that is only shown on CL to garner leads) Now I see over half a dozen in this week's listings (and it is only Tuesday!!) While CL can produce leads, both for buyers and available properties, it is not as great as it was 5 years ago when the concept was fresher. You need to think outside the box and come up with a unique way to make your buyer's list. Just like the HUD method mentioned in this post (at least for a while)
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If you can't find "Bid Statics", try doing this:
click on "Topic Areas"
then "HUD Homes"
then click on your state
then under the words....(search for or place a bid on a HUD Property in one of these states) click on your state
then you'll see on the next page "bid statics"
I hope that helped!! Good Luck!!
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -Mark 11:23-
-Now who are you to say it can't be done?-
If you can't find "Bid Statics", try doing this:
click on "Topic Areas"
then "HUD Homes"
then click on your state
then under the words....(search for or place a bid on a HUD Property in one of these states) click on your state
then you'll see on the next page "bid statics"
I hope that helped!! Good Luck!!
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -Mark 11:23-
-Now who are you to say it can't be done?-
If you can't find "Bid Statics", try doing this:
click on "Topic Areas"
then "HUD Homes"
then click on your state
then under the words....(search for or place a bid on a HUD Property in one of these states) click on your state
then you'll see on the next page "bid statics"
I hope that helped!! Good Luck!!
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -Mark 11:23-
-Now who are you to say it can't be done?-
Great info Eric...Thank Thank Thank you!
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Hi, Eric
Thank you, I will put it in to practice Today!
All the best! Success and Happy investing walk by the hand!
SincerelY,
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This is a short of E doin it himself. THey call him the "Godfather" for some reason.
Not only is it a buyer finder, its a list of comps for free too.
This is really cool. How exactly do you know if it is an investor? Is it if the bid is 10 days after the Last List Date?
"Strong Body, Strong Mind"
Eric,
What a great idea! Thanks!!!
I'm new to RE and need all the help I can get.
Ron
Ron
Thank you for the walk=thru.
I will do my best to try walk you thru the steps for the HUD Site:
1. Go to http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/homes_for_sale
(there are several government agencies you can check out also)
2. Click on HUD
3. Pick your state, it will load a link to another site, click that link.
4. On the right side of the screen "Real Estate Agent's Corner", click "Search by City" under "Bid Statistics".
5. A window will come up with a list of Cities, pick the areas you are intersted in.
6. A list will come up of all the properties along with all the bidders for that property.
Hope this help!
Chris
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Eric this is great and helpful information. This is a great way to find the players (buyers) in my market. One day I'll give some banking tips in return.
Thanks again,
Ty
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This was the method that worked for me to find the bid statistics. The other great thing is you can get ALL the addresses in seconds. Here are the instructions for those who may need it!
Go to www.hud.gov
State Info Tab > [Your State]
Scroll Down > Resources > HUD homes for Sale
Right-hand side, Brokers and Selling Agents > Bid Statistics (BOOKMARK THIS WEB PAGE AND RETURN TO IT NEXT TIME!)
Choose city(ies) in your state > Submit
Right click on the web page > Select All > Paste into word processor (like MS Word) or a spreadsheet (like MS Excel).
If you choose to paste into a spreadsheet, you can easily manipulate the data if you're tech savvy and can think of crafty ways to use that to your advantage! Anyway:
In Excel, hit CTRL+A to highlight all > right click on one cell > format cells > alignment tab > uncheck box for wrap text > OK
Highlight Columns > Dbl-click between the columns to resize
Save!
Good Luck!
Sincerely,
Kevin A Goldman
Goldman's Gardens Real Estate, LLC
Wholesale Real Estate Investing
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Just a few questions...
1.) When we are in the "bid statistics" looking in the "broker" section, do we wanna focus more on the people with first and last names rather than for example "MULHEARN REALTORS INC?" Or should we focus on both?
2.) Under the word "category" some show (o/o and inv.) Does anybody know what these stand for?
3.) And where does it show "Non-owner occupied homes?" I can not find that wording anywhere.
Thanks for the guidance!!!
Judah
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Thanks for this. I just contacted a realtor in his office. They said if i leave my number they will call me back.hhhmm. Still waiting on this. But i will try this tactic to get buyers thank you.
Hey, I'm having trouble getting the bids page under my hud. Is there any other alias it goes under? I will keep trying and any help will be appreciated. THANKS AGAIN!