There is a common phrase in real estate investing that says, “The money is made before the deal is even purchased.”
How exactly do you even make money before you do the deal? You find motivated sellers who can help you turn dirt into diamonds. It is much easier said than done, though, if you have ever tried to see deals by driving for dollars, cold-calling random Zillow leads, and more.
If you’ve ever tried to build a motivated seller list from scratch manually, you know the drill:
Spreadsheets open, tabs everywhere, and you’re five clicks deep into the county assessor site, trying to figure out if “Delinquent Dan” still owns that boarded-up duplex from 2003.
I’ve been there, and I hated every second of it. That’s why I started using REsimpli’s List Pulling feature, and I haven’t looked back. Honestly, I wish I had it when I started. I probably could have saved enough time to pick up a hobby, such as actually winning my fantasy football league, learning a new skill, or even just getting some sleep.
The Lead List Hustle (Before REsimpli)
Before I found REsimpli, my lead gen process looked like a bad group project: too many tools, too many spreadsheets, and absolutely no one on the same page. I’d pull a list from one site, scrub it in another, then spend hours manually deleting duplicates in Excel while quietly panicking that I was about to send five postcards to the same guy named Earl.
And don’t get me started on updates. I’d build what I thought was a solid list in January, only to recheck it in June and realize half the owners had sold, passed away, or rebranded as LLCs with names and emojis like “Desert Dreams Capital LLC.”
Even with a couple of VAs helping, it felt like I was…