34: Virtual Real Estate Investing and How to Find Great Deals in a Hot Market with Anson Young
Many investors find themselves trapped by a heated market – but today’s guest shows that it is fully possible to invest in real estate – even in a hot real estate market.
Anson Young, who lives in the Denver area, joins us today to chat about finding great deals locally and virtually, as well as tips for working with agents, dealing with assignments, and a whole lot more. Anson is a fun guy who has a ton of awesome tips to share with everyone, so don’t miss today’s show!
Read the transcript to episode 34 with Anson Young here.
In This Show, We Cover
- The “crap jobs” that led to Anson’s real estate investing career
- How Anson partnered on his first deal without doing any labor
- Finding great deals on the MLS
- How Anson finds the best neighborhoods to invest in
- How to wholesale virtually
- What to do if you don’t have direct MLS access
- Using the “Short Sale Time Machine” to build equity
- How to get around the “non assignment” clause when wholesaling bank repos
- Mistakes made by Anson when getting started
- And much more…
Links from the Show
- The Real Estate Agent’s Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors
- The Book on Flipping Houses
- The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs
- The BiggerPockets Forums
- The 21 Best Real Estate Books Ever
- The BiggerPockets REI Resource Center
Books Mentioned in the Show:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
- The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
- Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk
Tweetable Topics
- Working crappy jobs can be a good way to get started with real estate investing (Tweet This!)
- Plan with the end in mind. (Tweet This!)
- You are either consistent or non-existent. (Tweet This!)
Connect with Anson
- Anson’s BiggerPockets Profile
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