34: Virtual Real Estate Investing and How to Find Great Deals in a Hot Market with Anson Young | Bigger Pockets Podcast

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
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