Chris Prefontaine walks through finding real estate deals using Zillow for comparable sales data. If a property looks promising, contact a local mom-and-pop brokerage instead of national chains, since they know the market, work with investors regularly, and have contractor connections.
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And I always try in everything I do in life, the KISS theory, right? Keep it simple, stupid. So when we're looking at properties in different markets, the first thing we utilize is Zillow. Zillow really does give good comps, very good up-to-date comps. So that's what we utilize to find out, do we think we have a deal? And if we think we have a deal, then our next step is to reach out to a local realtor. When I say local realtor, I don't mean a RE/MAX or Keller Williams or one of those. We're looking for small mom-and-pop brokerages that have been there 30, 40 years that really know the market, that are used to dealing with investors, that have a lot of contractors that they utilize, and they're our best resource.