I just started Wholesale Investment finding in Atlanta, what are some tip on geting started?
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If you want to wholesale, you need to have the houses at a discounted price.  To get a discount you usually have to be a cash buyer.  Cash Is King!!!  So, you can take out hard money loans to give you the cash you need. Then put low cash offers in on properties, about half of what they are asking, then u sell the house at a higher amount and pay the loan people back, and pocket the rest :)\n\nGood luck!
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I use a lead generator service for my business, Respond.com. I have a friend in real estate that joined and has had pretty good luck check it out.
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Most of my experience has been in the States, however, I have consulted with people from around the world.  Here is my basic advise that should be helpful to you:\n\nAnytime you want to start any kind of business, there are several basics that you will need:\n\n* You should first sit down and think about what it is you want to do and then write out the scenario in detail!  This may sound tedious, but it will help you clarify what it is you are thinking about.  Also, when you talk to anyone about the business (mentor, bank, clients, prospective investor), you will have a clear vision to share with him or her.  You can check any number of books at your local library or the Internet for ideas on creating a business plan or goals list.\n\n* Is there anyone out there doing something like what you want to do already?  Can you research what it is that they do and maybe even talk with them about what they do?\n\n* Are there businesses out there that are doing some aspect that you want to do?  In this case, you want to create an online drop shipment business.  What websites have you seen that you like (can you talk with them)?  How does the local McDonalds or other retail outlet do business that might help you in yours (i.e. how is McDonalds able to provide a product to a customer on demand at almost anytime of day – and do it with a much of high school kids)?\n\n* Never listen to anyone who says that you CANNOT do something UNLESS they have been there and tried that!!!!!  Anyone can tell you the good things that you can try or do, however, only someone who has actually tried the specific thing your are thinking can truly give you advise on the pitfalls that could await the unsuspecting.\n\n* If you want to look for a mentor (free or paid – although mentors usually offer their time at no cost), the question that you should be ready to address is WIIFM (What In It For Me {the mentor})!  What are you willing to do for your mentor to help them with something that they may need (for me it’s simple – I am looking for 10 points :-)\n\n\nContacts:\n\n* Contact your local Better Business Bureau or Chamber of Commerce – they have business people who will help start up operations.\n\n* Contact your local high school, community college or university and find out whom the teachers are for courses related to your business (like business or computer/internet classes).  Contact these teachers to get some ideas or even to see if they will take you company startup on as a class project or special project for some of the student to work on (might give the students extra credit and you a free startup).  In the worst case, you might get the names of some good students whom you might hire to do certain aspects of what you need at a very low cost.\n\n* Contact you local, county or state governments (check their websites) – many areas have small business administrations (or some other agency that can help with various things) that have any number of references and resources available at little or no cost.\n\n* Go to your local library in the Reference Section and find the Encyclopedia of Associations.  It is a three-book set published by Gale Research.  The first book lists thousands of tiles of professional organizations and groups.  It will give a code number to use in the other two books to find out more about that organization.  Contact the organizations who have something to do with your idea and find out if they have a services to give you advise or local groups that you can network with.  In many cases, just asking for membership and publications information may give you a lot of useful stuff.\n\n\nOther outstanding sources that I have used in running my four businesses:\n\n* Nightingale-Conant – the largest producer of audio/video training programs in the world.  Many of their programs can be borrowed for free from local libraries.  http://www.nightingale.com\n\n* Entrepreneur Magazine (http://www.entrepreneurmag.com) – many great tip
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Tips? \n\nDon't take candy from strangers. Don't wear stripes with plaids. Don't buy stocks, buy mutual funds ... these tips are guaranteed good advice!
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I would recommend starting with something you enjoy, find a wholesale supplier or make the goods/services yourself, and setup a store with eBay.  This is really quick and easy (AKA: cheap) to start.  If you don't know exactly what you want to do it is a good way to see how it will work without a huge investment.  If you are successful in that marketplace you can take it to the next level and expand into a more traditional business model with less risk!  \n\nTry playing around with writing a business plan and see what your risk and financial tolerance is.  The link below is a good tool for planning a new eBay business, I would recommend you check this out first!
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Listen.  If you are out of state, and you are looking for a legitiate homebased business, you have to ask what kind of business you want to do.  Do you want to market on the internet?  Do you want to do MLM?  Do you want to do real estate?  These are all legitimate questions.  Since my background is in MLM, that is all I can advise you on with confidence.  If you are looking for a home based business in MLM or network marketing, you have to look into several things. \n1. First thing you want to do is see if a specific opportunity is licensed to work in your specific area. A great place to start is google.com or yahoo.com and place in the words home based business.  There will be plenty of home based businesses that catch you eye.  Sign up to some of their mailing list for more info, and save the ones you really like to your favorites. \n  \n2. Next, Chances are you will be forwarded to a sight that will tempt you to buy, or someone will call you, and tery to get you involved in their opportunity.  Resist all temptaion and DO NOT SIGN UP ON THE SPOT.  Even if every bone in your body tells you to, you will want to check with either the FTC, or the Better Business Bureau to see whether or not they are legitimate.  Another great place to check is with mlmwatchdog.com.  They specialize in letting people know what is or is not a scam in this specific industry. Trust me, the opportunity will still be there after you do your research.  Also, if a person tries to pressure you into an opportunity or a buy, without saying it is a good idea to research, then there is a chance it my be a scam.  \n\n3. Then, you are going to want to check on how a specific team builds their business.  You want to make sure that they have a system that you would be comfortable with.  If they are not willing to show you exactly how they build their business, or they say their system is "top secret" you DO NOT want to work with them (chances are they will make you build a list of friends and family, and work from there).  While there is nothing wrong with speaking to friends and family, I have found that it can be very difficult to build a massive downline using this method alone. So, you want to be sure their marketing system make since to you, and you feel confident that you can make money using this system.\n\n4. Ask if there are any additional cost in doing the business.  Remember, you do NOT want to join an opportunity that will be to expensive for you to market.\n\nOpportunities I would stay away form:\n\na.  Groundfloor opportunities:  These are usually the most unstable of opportunities to join.  you want to join something that has been around for a few years, and has gained some sort of credibility in the field.  Some guys will claim that you will not be able to build a good business in an older company, and that you need to get on before the business explodes.  THAT IS A HUGE CROCK OF BULL. There is no difference in marketing an older opportunity then there is marketing a younger, accept for the fact that you have a chance to check their credibility.  I would recommend a company that has been around for at least 8 years, and has some experienced people who can coach you on what to do to be successful.\n\nb.  Opportunities with no address or phone number on their home page:  This should be a huge red flag here.  If you cannot contact the corporate office, there is a good chance these people are not who they say they are.\n\nc.  Opportunities that say that you have to do no work:  If there is no work involved on you part, then why do they need you?  THIS SHOULD BE A HUGE RED FLAG.\n\nd.  Opportunities that offer you instant riches(example:  $100,000 dollars in one week):  These are often referred to as get rich schemes.  These are always scams, and you should stay away from them.  Business is a systematic process that requires time patience and consistency to get a sizable income.  Now, it is very possible in any industry to make several hund
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I would suggest you start somewhere small like flea markets and garaging just to get a feel.\n\nI want to open a shoe store and I sell used and new shoes at flea markets and garage sales in the summer.\n\nAnd if that works out try selling on eBay (i know, i know, the fees) and after you get so many customers open an eBay store.\n\nOnce your eBay store is open you can open a yahoo merchant store, or a ProStore, and still keep your eBay store.\n\nAnd find clothing wholesalers, they aren't difficult to find.  By low sell high.\n\nAfter that put your online address everywhere: On blogs, 360pages, My Space pages (yours, one just for your store, family members, and friends), and print adds in newspapers.  And if it can be posted anywhere then put it there.\n\nI wish you all the best and if you get your site up I will gladly put a link on my blog and 360pages.
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Great question.\n\nFrom my experience, the best source for wholesale quality goods is eBAY, believe it or not. Just click the eBay link below.\n\nDrop shipping is almost always a dangerous money-losing scam.\n\nLook, use your common sense -- wholesaling makes sense, the wholesaler does not want to deal with small sales, customer service etc. Being a middleman is as American as apple pie and baseball.\n\nSo why would a wholesaler be a dropshipper?\n\nAnswer: to make money off of YOU!\n\nIn my experience you have to work your butt off to make money. There is no easy sit back and make money while you  sleep too good to be true system, unless it is crooked.\n\nI have found EXCELLENT wholesalers on eBay with long track records and pristine feedback.\n\nI risk my money and buy a pallet and then I do the hard part of storing, unpacking, packing, shipping, marketing, closing the sale, getting paid, keeping records, answering customer questions, fixing problems.\n\nJust try the old-fashioned way first.\n\nIf you figure out how to make money while you sleep, great, and give me a call from "cloud nine" dude!\n\nSeriously, best wishes, eBay is a great place to be!
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The best routes to take are to research the process of starting a business as well as the industry you're interested in.\n\nI posted links for you in the source box pertaining to starting a business in your state.\n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\n* How To Start A Business In Georgia (Legal Survival Guides) by Charles T. Robertson, Mark Warda\n* How to Form a Corporation Llc or Partnership in Georgia by W. Dean Brown\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Target your market and think about doing specialty baskets made for exclusively for the recipient.  That means taking orders and not buying items in bulk but you should see a bigger return than what you're seeing now.  Good Luck!
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First you would have to apply for a business license, before that though you should make sure to really research your items that you sell...or that your rental space will allow you to make a profit.  Its a good idea to make contacts with your suppliers now, that way you can see if its profitable business or something that will stress you out and barely keeping your head above water.
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Learn your keywords.  People search by keywords, learn as many keys that will pull up your items on search as you can find.\nFor me, things like L@@K! and other silly things don't work as well as a well worded title that catches a lot of lookers from the search.  And link your auctions together so that people who find one of your auctions can also look at everything else you may have offered.\nGood clear photos of the item from several views are a must.\nI've also found that by listing through channeladvisor rather than ebay, I can post many auctions to start on the same day - Sunday evening works best for me.   I have a much better sell through rate the more items I have up at one time. \nAlso, in the past, this time of year I would plan on having hundreds of items up at the same time, 40 or so ending each day.  That way I have new items popping up in the 'just listed' catagorie as well as in the 'ending soon' catagorie and once a week I pay the $19.95 fee to have one really good item listed as a 'Featured Item".  I find that this bring me hundreds of lookers to my other auctions and results in better sales.  I offer combined shipping with no extra packing fees, as close to actual shipping as possible and I do ship internationaly.  I offer good customer service and have good feedback, which I think helps with sales as well.  I start items at a low but fair price and I use the re-list feature for any that don't sell the first time.\n\nI have sold on ebay for over 8 years, mostly estate clearance and private collections, and one other thing I have found is that you have to research before you list or you will be wasting your time and money.  Some things just are not good sellers, no matter what you say or how much flash you put behind it.  If you are selling an item that you can already find listed many times in the completed items as a no sale, you need set that item aside for a while or offer it at a garage sale.  \nGood luck to you in your Ebay career, I hope you have a profitable holiday season!
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The more you buy,the cheaper you can sell.The cheaper you sell,it helps those whom can not afford all.Profit will come with honesty.You need to research wholesale wharehouses out of N.Y.
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My answer will have three parts:\n\n1. Make your rental deal more attractive to lessen your fundraising needs. \n\nMichigan real estate is experiencing a huge downturn currently. It has become increasingly difficult for owners of strip malls and other commercial property to find tenants for their buildings. You may be able to negotiate a deal that requires no money down at all. Especially if there are vacancies in the location you are attempting to move to. Explain to the owner that you have a strong background in the type of business you engage in. Don't begin to explain why you do not have enough funds for downpayment or anything of that sort. Point out to the owner that another commercial property has becom available to you with no money out of pocket required and they may lessen their requirements. Building owners need to retain certain occupancy rates to remain profitable and keep their property out of foreclosure. Use this dire need for tenants to you advantage! \n\n2. Fundraising \n\nI find that most business owners have fund fundraising in the initial phases of their businesses from families or friends. Approach the people that are already in your life, they know your business experience in your field and have seen you succeed at your current location. Structure a program to get a little contribution from a few people rather then looking for one single person to give you the whole amount that you are looking for. Essentially sell "stock" in you business. \n\n-Show sales and profit numbers for the last two years.\n\n-Have a detailed business plan. \n\n-Explain how this particular location/store would be advantageous to your business. \n\n-Show how you plan to advertise and attract customers. \n\n-Give a realistic expectation of what your expenses would be (staff, electric, heat, advertising, promotions, etc.)\n\nTreat family and friends as you would any other investor and have a "formalized" meeting with them. You want everything to appear professional and well thought out. \n\nThe last piece of advice I would give you is to find a possible sponsor. When kids trade cards and play it keeps them off the streets and out of trouble. Offer to host tournaments so many times a week and show how this can benefit the community and make parents feel good about their child's activity. That approach could possibly help you get sponsorship from certain churches, other local businesses, family support groups, etc. \n\n3. Credit options\n\nEven if you have bad credit you could possibly use another piece of property or vehicle that you own as collateral for a business loan. With this option you also want a professional well though out business plan.
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I have a few e-books and websites that I will provide to you for free.  I also have a list of about 700 wholesalers that would probably help you in starting your online business.\n\nOne word of advice though, don't go into debt when starting your online venture.  There's a lot of competition out there :)\n\nE-mail me admin@gotalkmoney.com for the list :)
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The best tool out there is the internet. Try using alibaba.com which is a online resource that helps link wholesalers, suppliers, and manufacturers together. The other online tool is GlobalSources which has similar features. Good luck. I have been in your shoes before.