Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Find Deals: Social Media Secrets & Investor Hacks REVEALED! #shorts

31 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Tommy Dobczyk explains a practical approach to finding real‑estate deals through social‑media groups. He advises viewers to post that they have multiple buyers ready, which creates credibility and prompts sellers to share opportunities. He emphasizes being slightly promotional but honest, and stresses the importance of clearly defining one’s “buy‑box” (the type of deals and investor profile you’re seeking). Rather than trying to purchase large deals alone, he recommends seeking partners or investors to co‑invest, positioning yourself as a facilitator rather than the primary asset holder. He uses the analogy of being the “mayonnaise” in a sandwich to illustrate that on a first deal you may serve as a supporting condiment—helping the deal happen—rather than being the main ingredient like the ham or lettuce.

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Going onto these social media groups and saying, hey, I got 5 buyers looking for deals. Tell me what you got. Okay. So that's your homework. All of a sudden— Somebody write that down. That was good. I become like, because now I've got buyers. Am I lying? No. Am I exaggerating the facts? Slightly. Right. And people are going to be like, well, what, you know, what do you got? You know, here's what I got. Here's what I got. You're also going to have people saying, oh well, tell me what your box, your buy box, and you can you can be creative to look at. You all have investors from what you're looking for, right? You're not looking to go out and buy a deal. Bill Gates' deal. You're not. We had this conversation last night. A new a new prospect. We helped her understand you're not going to go out and become Bill and Melinda. That's not how this works. You got to go out and find the deal and then find the partners to get into the deal with you. And I call it becoming the mayonnaise of the sandwich. Like your first deal, you're literally just a condiment, main course, right? Like you're not going to be the ham or the lettuce or the tomato or