The BEST Ways to Find “Rare” Off-Market Real Estate Deals in 2025 (Rookie Reply)

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Are great real estate deals gone for good? Not so fast! High interest rates, inflated home prices, and low inventory have made things difficult for investors, but by looking beyond the multiple listing service (MLS), you could uncover off-market properties that fly under the radar. In today’s episode, we’ll show you how! Welcome back to another Rookie Reply! If you’re struggling to make the numbers work in today’s housing market, you’re not alone! Tune in to learn how we find “rare” rental properties that are either undervalued or overlooked. Not sure where to start your investing journey? We’ll share three key factors that will help you narrow down your options and pinpoint the best real estate market for you. Stick around till the end as we discuss lease renewals, tenant turnover, and how to deal with a renter whose financial situation has changed! Looking to invest? Need answers? Ask your question here! In This Episode We Cover: Creative ways to find more off-market real estate deals in 2025 Three key factors to consider when choosing a market to invest in Why proper deal analysis is even more crucial when buying off-market How to determine whether you should offer tenants lease renewals Keeping your BEST tenants and avoiding costly tenant turnover And So Much More! Links from the Show Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile Tony's BiggerPokckets Profile Join BiggerPockets for FREE Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Real Estate Rookie YouTube PropStream Privy NeighborhoodScout BrightInvestor Ask Your Question for a Future Rookie Reply Buy the Book “Finding and Funding Great Deals” Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area 5 Ways to Find Off-Market Real Estate Deals Like a Pro Real Estate Market Analysis for Beginners | Rookie Resources Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-508 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's get your questions answered.
0:07.1	I'm Ashley Care, and I'm here with Tony J. Robinson.
0:11.0	And welcome to the Real Estate Ricky podcast, where every week, three times a week,
0:15.2	we bring you the inspiration, motivation, and stories you need to hear to kickstart your
0:19.4	investing journey. And today, we are diving into the Bigger Pockets Forum kickstart your investing journey. And today,
0:24.7	we are diving into the bigger pockets forums to get your questions answered. And guys,
0:28.9	the forums with the absolute best place to go as a rookie to get all of your real estate investing questions answered from experts like myself, like Ashley, and so many more from the
0:33.5	BP community. So today, we're going to discuss first how to find off market deals.
0:38.9	A big thing in today's market with supply being a little bit constrained. Second, we'll talk about
0:44.1	what market research you should do before investing. And finally, we'll talk about the best ways
0:49.6	to handle updating lease agreement. So with that, let's get into the first question. Okay, so today's
0:55.2	first question is pulled from the Bigger Pockets forums. If you aren't already, sign up for a free
1:00.3	membership to be a part of the Bigger Pockets community. You can also leave questions for other
1:06.4	investors to answer, or maybe we'll pull it to answer on the show for you. So today's question is,
1:12.3	how to find wholesalers or off-market residential properties. I am newer to acquiring properties
1:18.2	as my rentals have been past personal homes and when I stumbled upon through a family friend.
1:25.0	Outside of driving for dollars, what else can I be doing to find local
1:28.7	properties? How do I locate wholesalers in my immediate area? I have found Facebook groups for my
1:35.0	state and region, but all the properties are in more populous suburbs further away than I want
1:40.2	my properties to be. Okay, so off-of-market deals. So he's off to a great start this person by
1:48.8	using their old primaries to turn into rentals and then getting a word of mouth referral from
1:56.3	somebody knowing that they like to have rentals and selling them a property.
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