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Wholesaler's Text Ignites Crazy New Deal Strategy! #shorts

10 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker recounts receiving a text from a wholesaler offering a property listed at $300,000 with an after‑repair value (ARV) of $450,000. The speaker explains his personal rule that to profit he must purchase any ARV‑$450k property for under $200,000. While evaluating the deal, he discovers the property is on the auction block and that the wholesaler is not holding a contract but instead intends to find a buyer who will place an offer, hold that offer, purchase the property at auction, and then flip the deal. This realization—combining a wholesaler lead with an auction purchase—creates a “light‑bulb” moment for a new, potentially more profitable wholesaling strategy.

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I'll go buy it at auction and come back and make my money that way. And that's when the light bulb went off in my brain. Because what had happened was, right, my famous ER phrase, what had happened was I got a text message from a wholesaler trying to sell me a property for $300,000 and said the ARV was $450,000. Now that's not even something I would typically look at. I, if I, if it ARV is $450,000, I need to buy it for under $200,000. That's how I look at it. I want to buy it for under $200,000 so I can make, make more money with it. So when I went to go look at the deal, I was like, all right, let me just run it for the heck of it. I discovered one thing I discovered was this thing is on the auction block. The guy doesn't even have a contract on it. This is a wholesaler who's stepping outside the box of wholesaling and saying, instead of me getting a contract on it, I'm going to try to find somebody else that'll put an offer on it. I'll hold that offer, I'll go buy it at auction and come back and make my money that way. And that's when the light bulb went off in my brain.