When Josh, owner of SPG Capital and a private money lender with 65+ rental properties, spoke to Foraker agents recently, he opened with a striking observation: agents have a massive leg up over professional real estate investors when it comes to finding deals.
And it's not even close.
Finding Deals Is the Hardest Part
Josh started buying rental properties in 2017 while working a W-2 job at a bank. His goal was simple: build enough cash flow from rentals to quit his day job and go full-time in real estate. Today, he owns 65 properties and runs a hard money lending company—but he's never done his own marketing to find deals.
Every property he's bought came from other agents, the MLS, wholesalers, or the occasional organic lead.
