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Posted on: 06/11/2009 Posted by: Colin Blog Points: 6857 View all blogs >> |
Behind every great private real estate investor is an excellent network. Networking is so important to the game of real estate investing that you’ll find yourself constantly networking with other contractors, investors, and potential homebuyers, simply because you’ll never know where your next sale will come from.
There are several ways you can network as a real estate investor. You can set up a web site and a blog to bring in visitors from the internet, you can join a real estate investing club, or you can attend different real estate seminars, classes and programs. There are just so many ways to network with other investors and potential buyers you’ll be surprised you didn’t think of them before.
Going Online!
The internet is the newest wave in the real estate investing world. You can sell property online faster than ever before and make hundreds, even thousands more contacts than you ever could going door-to-door.
Go online and set yourself up with a blog or a web site, start advertising that blog on social networking sites, in forums, and even in the comments section of other people’s blogs. This will naturally draw in visitors and depending on the content you provide with your blog they may decide to stick around. Eventually your blog should develop a regular reader base with people leaving comments on your blog posts and even contacting you if they’re interested in purchasing or selling property. Be sure to record the information of all of your regular or interested visitors in your buyers list.
Join a real estate investing club
Every private real estate investor had to learn the trade from somebody else. Don’t be ashamed or afraid to join a club that focuses on real estate investing. A club can help you put together tools, skills, and the knowledge necessary to begin your real estate investing career.
Check around your local area to see if there are any real estate investing clubs or generalized investing clubs. Don’t just join; make sure you mingle at the club events. You can bet there are some serious and seasoned private real estate investors wandering around the room.
There’s no need to be hesitant about admitting you’re a beginner either. Everyone started out as a beginner. If you are honest, straightforward and eager about what you want to do as a real estate investor you are bound to make some contacts in the industry at these real estate investing clubs.
Keep in Contact with Your Contractor!
Eventually, as a private real estate investor you’ll come in contact with contractors, whether you are rehabbing a property or wholesaling it. There are an innumerable number of different contractors to work on a property. You come in contact with electricians, carpenters, drywall guys, and even roofing experts amongst many more.
They make great potential clients. It’s not uncommon for contractors to pick up a fixer upper property every now and then. So, make sure you keep all of their names and numbers for your Rolodex.
It never hurts to ask them while they’re working for you if they do purchase property to rehab. Between this, your website, and joining a real estate investing club you’ll have dozens of contacts in the real estate industry in no time.
Other places to find contacts:
- You can also include your friends and family in your contact list as a private real estate investor. You may even be able to get them to join together and form their own private real estate investing club with everyone chipping in a little bit of money for each real estate deal.
- Every time someone contacts you through e-mail or on the phone about purchasing property or selling a property to you, be sure to get their name and number. They are the potential contact for your buyers list. Ask them what kinds of property they are interested in and how often they buy too.
- You can also purchase a mailing list of people who have expressed an interest in real estate from companies that provide these documents. Other private real estate investors may also be willing to sell you their own buyers lists for a fee. All the more reason to join our real estate investing club for the contacts.
Using these ideas to build up your network as a private real estate investor is a sure fire way to bring in lots of potential buyers. Your buyers list will grow in leaps and bounds if you use at least a couple of these methods for developing those contacts.
Great article, I like all your idea's and thank You. Chris lcfhomez@live.com