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"Wholesaling: there's very little upfront costs and can really build some nice cashflow." Ben Fraser

Name: "Wholesaling: there's very little upfront costs and can really build some nice cashflow." Ben Fraser
Uploaded: 2023-02-18T15:00:02+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Bob Fraser
Description: In this short dialogue, Ben Fraser and a co‑speaker explain why real‑estate wholesaling is an ideal entry point for newcomers. They stress that…

18 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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In this short dialogue, Ben Fraser and a co‑speaker explain why real‑estate wholesaling is an ideal entry point for newcomers. They stress that wholesaling requires either time or money, but unlike fix‑and‑flip it has minimal upfront capital and demands active effort to build a buyer list. By handling a high volume of deals, a wholesaler learns market pricing, becomes a “market maker,” and can generate steady cash flow through rapid transaction velocity. The speakers advise young investors to start with wholesaling to gain experience, develop a pipeline, and avoid the larger financial risk of flipping properties.

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either you have time or you have money, right? And if you have money, this probably isn't super appealing because it's work, right? You got to actively work this. You got to build the list. But if you're kind of getting started out, you want to get into real estate or you have a little bit of time and you want to kind of learn the ropes, this is a great way to get started because there's very little upfront cost and you can, if you get enough velocity, can really build some nice cash flow.
Yeah. So the thing that I tell a lot of like young guys and gals are like, oh man, you know, like, I want to get into real estate investment and that type of stuff. If they're a family member, anyone, I'm like, yo, start in wholesaling because there's zero, you know, you don't have to put your, like, a lot of people want to jump in and do a fix and flip, right? Which is really cool. But if you do wholesaling, like, you see such a high volume of deals, you get to the place where you see a property that you know for a fact you can sell, right? Like, you know exactly what it's trading at. Just kind of like what you were saying, Ben, as far as being like the market maker.