Lawyer David Giraldo built a sourcing business using Propertyfilter.io to consolidate leads from multiple sites into one dashboard. He closed three deals in a week by filtering properties by postcode and running financial calculations, crediting the platform's tools and community insights for his success.
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My name is David Giraldo. I'm a lawyer by profession, and yeah, and that's how I've been doing it. I've been building a sourcing business for this long.
Prior to using Propertyfilter, in terms of your lead generation, what challenges were you facing, would you say?
The information was dispersed, it was in different places. That was having to go to different platforms. That was a bit challenging. Now, in the fact that I can set up what I'm looking for, the a postcode or strategy that makes things easier. I also work by myself, so it's a very lonely journey. So being part of a community—
when did you kind of realize that using Rightmove and Zoopla, when did you realize that that just, it wasn't sustainable?
I mean, I was sure I was one of the first 10, 20, 50 people max. I started using Propertyfilter.io to find shortlist flats in in London. Otherwise, it would be very tiring in terms of going to Rightmove and finding those properties and doing the following up. Something that I use all the time is the calculators. So every single deal, even the ones that I find outside that are off market or whatever that someone brings to me, I put them in Propertyfilter and I use the calculator. Everything in one place. I mean, that for me is, that's the thing, right? It's everything in one place. I can have the due diligence, I can put the comments, I can use the calculator. And move it from one stage to the other. And I know where I am, what I'm doing. So that's the convenience for me. Deals that I found in Propertyfilter, let's say one that we completed, one of those investors overseas who— what I offer is to my clients is someone who is reliable, who is on the ground, who knows the market, knows what we can do with a property, can offer the solicitor they don't have, team they may not have. So she knows, she knew what she wanted, which postcodes and what size of rooms and everything. So I kind of set up the filter in like that. And then, and then I saw it, we viewed it, I sent it to her. Well, I did the numbers, sent it to her, we made an offer and we completed. That was— I mean, it took, uh, it's something that took us, I don't know, a few months, 3 months max.
Who do you feel that Property Filter is, is for?
For everybody. This is, I mean, for people with experience, I've seen people doing with a bigger business and with a lot of experience who are just started. This is great because gives community knowledge. I mean, the amount of people doing great things here, the amount of trainings that are there for very, I mean, almost free training, all the markets, the market insight that you guys have. I mean, it's amazing for people who are started. So I would say it's for everybody. This week for me has been great because I completed, yeah, I completed 3 deals this week. So it doesn't happen all the time. Yeah. I'm like, okay, okay, these are—
And is there anything, would you say, that is there anything I've not asked you about today that you feel would be useful for someone who maybe, let's say they're lacking a bit of confidence in finding properties at the minute? Is there anything that I've not asked you about today that you feel would be relevant to mention?
Each of them taught me different things. And that one, that building, it's about being consistent. We all want quick results and we all want to make it happen, right? It's okay to persist and to wait. And it's just a few of those per year, that's good. Keep going, there's money to be made here, to be made here in this property. I feel obviously things are changing and we just need to adapt and to learn. And that's why being part of this community where people are telling us how they are adapting. Someone telling us this is where the market is going. It's great because then we have different strategies and we can find our own little place in the world to make money.
Where can people find you?
LinkedIn. My name is David Giraldo. I'm not a football player, so you will find a football player there. But David Giraldo, so you will see property deal sourcer, deal specialist, you will find me on LinkedIn. Facebook as well, but my platform is—
Lovely stuff, David. Well, perfect. I do appreciate your time today.
