Commercial Investor looking for out of state properties. Specifically in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
What’s the best way to find a trustworthy Realtor?
[{"id": "hjqr3ev", "text": "What are you looking for specifically? I am a broker  in the Midwest and cover Ohio pretty well. Feel free to message if you want.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjt9ixz", "text": "What are you looking for?  I do commercial brokerage in Cincinnati. \n \nTBH I'd suggest looking at loopnet or costar and contacting every broker (and their office admins) in the markets that most interest you and ask to get added to their buyer list emails for the classes you are seeking.\n\nUnless you have a track record and are doing multiple acquisitions it is just very difficult to have an exclusive relationship with a buyer in the investment class.  If most brokers ran around sending every out of state (or out of country lol) buyer every deal in the market when those same guys are looking at a million places and may never close a deal with them, well they'd be working a billion hours a week and making nothing.\n\nWhen real deals do come into their pipeline who do you think they want to work with too? Some random guy they've never met in person or the guys they have been doing work with for a decade and they know them well.  \n\nIf you want to get a good trustworthy broker the best way is to do deals and let that relationship work two ways.  If you see something you like don't cut them out, send it to them and ask them to rep you on it.\n\nJust as a global thing though I can tell you most local investors here are frustrated as hell already, stupid money (both foreign and  domestic) has folks sitting on the side lines and selling off.  If you are going to buy with the stupid money crowd let them know that.  \"I need to do x in acquisitions in x months, we will buy x class below x cap\" gets someones attention.  \"hey shits expensive in California, I decided it make more sense to buy apartments in fly over states, can you send me some of those deals?!?!\" is going to get you tossed on the newsletter list and not much more", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hk9ttt2", "text": "Hey Nolan here, I\u2019m a Los Angeles multi family direct lender. I have a private brokerage in NY that has killer off market deals. If you massage or text me at (213) 505-0422, I\u2019ll get you in touch.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hkjph4y", "text": "Seem like less optimal markets", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]