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How to Find Real Estate Deals (and Analyze Them) in 5 Easy Steps w/Dave Meyer

Aug 31, 2024

Dave Meyer, Head of Real Estate at BiggerPockets, shares expert insights on finding lucrative real estate deals. He reveals five essential steps to streamline your investment search and discusses the importance of building a 'buy box' to focus your efforts. Learn how to network effectively to receive investment opportunities directly from other investors and agents. Plus, discover how to swiftly analyze rental properties using BiggerPockets' calculators. This conversation is packed with valuable strategies for both new and seasoned investors!

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Creating a 'buy box' helps investors streamline their property search by focusing on specific criteria that align with their investment strategies.

Leveraging diverse strategies such as direct-to-seller methods, networking, and specialized tools plays a crucial role in finding lucrative real estate deals.

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Importance of Finding Good Deals

The ability to identify and analyze profitable real estate deals is crucial for investors, especially in challenging market conditions marked by high interest rates and low inventory. Success in real estate investing hinges on mastering this skill, since finding quality deals remains a significant hurdle in the current landscape. With the right tools and networks, investors can still discover valuable, cash-flowing properties, including those available on the MLS. Overall, a well-defined approach to deal analysis can empower investors to navigate even the toughest market environments confidently.

Network to Find Opportunities

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Utilities and Analysis: Know When to Step Back

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Finding and Analyzing Real Estate Deals in Today's Market

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Unlocking Real Estate Success with BiggerPockets Pro

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Feel like you’re struggling to find real estate deals in 2024? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you. Today, BiggerPockets’ Head of Real Estate, Dave Meyer, is showing YOU how to find real estate deals and analyze them easily to get your next real estate investment faster. Whether you’re looking for long-term rentals, short-term rentals, fix and flips, or something else, Dave is about to showcase the deal-finding strategies only experts know about.

There are five simple steps to finding real estate deals, and if you can follow all of them (or even most of them), you’ll have your pick of the best investments on the market. We’ll show you how to find off-market real estate deals, build your “buy box” to know exactly which deals you want, and get other people to send the deals straight to you! Plus, we’ll show you how to analyze a rental property in just minutes using the BiggerPockets calculators!

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In This Episode We Cover:

How to find real estate deals in 2024 (even if you’re just starting!)

Building your “buy box” and how to know an investment property is right for you

Getting deals sent TO YOU by networking with investors, agents, and more

Using the BiggerPockets “Deal Finder” to find hidden gems in any market

Rental property analysis 101 and how to do it in minutes with the BiggerPockets investment calculators

And So Much More!

Links from the Show

Hear Dave on the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

Hear Dave on the On the Market Podcast

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