Nathan Payne canceled 39 real estate contracts and fell $60,000 in debt before meeting Margaret, a homeowner burned by three previous wholesalers. Instead of the usual contract-first approach, he told her the truth: he'd connect her with cash buyers instead. He found a buyer without a contract and made $18,000, and Margaret said she'd never sign with a wholesaler again.
I lived it. I locked up 39 contracts in a row and I had to cancel all 39. I ended up going $60,000 in debt and I felt like I was scamming people, not because I wanted to, but because the model forced me into bad situations. And then I met Margaret, a seller who completely changed my business. She was motivated. She needed help fast, but she had been burned by 3 other wholesalers before me. So I dropped the act and I told her I wasn't going to buy her house, but I had some cash buyers that could potentially get her what she wanted for the house. No contract signed, just was straight up with her, and I ended up finding a buyer for the deal without having under contract, and I made an $18,000 fee on it. When I called her, one of the first words that came out of her mouth were, "I will never sign another contract with you people again." I remember that still to this day, and that moment hit me like a truck because she wasn't wrong.
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