Real estate
Wholesale Real Estate
Contracting properties and assigning them to buyers.
Real estate
Wholesale Real Estate Guide
You find a motivated seller, put a property under contract, and assign that contract to a buyer for a fee. Fewer transactions, larger individual payouts, and significantly more legal and regulatory exposure than the other models on this site.
- Version
- 0.1 (in research)
- Last researched
- Pending final review
- Last updated
- Pending final review
- Startup cost
- Moderate — data, marketing and professional fees
- Time to launch
- Months
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Business type
- Local
- Customer contact
- High
- Sales intensity
- High
- Revenue style
- Large one-off assignment fees, irregular timing
- Recurring potential
- Low
Who this suits
Who this is for
- People comfortable with rejection and long follow-up cycles
- People who prefer few large payouts over many small ones
- People willing to read and verify local law before acting
Who this is not for
- People who want a quick first sale
- People uncomfortable negotiating with distressed sellers
- People unwilling to consult a local attorney
What's inside
Part 1 — The model and the law
- What wholesaling is, precisely
- Why licensing and disclosure rules matter first
- Jurisdictions that restrict or prohibit the practice
Part 2 — Finding deals
- Lead sources and their real costs
- Talking to a motivated seller
- Valuation basics and repair estimates
Part 3 — Contracts and buyers
- Contract and assignment mechanics
- Building a buyer list
- Title, escrow and closing
Part 4 — Risk
- Deals that fall apart and why
- Ethical standards when dealing with distressed owners
- When to walk away
What's included
- Working materialSeller conversation scripts
- Working materialDeal analysis calculator
- Working materialFollow-up tracker
- Working materialBuyer list building checklist
- Working materialJurisdiction research checklist
- Working materialCompliance and disclosure notes (not legal advice)
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The honest part
Common mistakes
- Acting before checking local licensing and disclosure requirements
- Overestimating value and losing the buyer
- Weak follow-up on the only lead source that was working
- Pressuring distressed sellers
Risks and downsides
- Legal exposure is materially higher than the other models on this site
- Marketing spend can produce no closed deals for months
- Income is lumpy and unpredictable
Effort required
Long cycles, heavy follow-up, high rejection rate.
Legal and compliance notes
- Real-estate laws vary significantly by state, province and country; several jurisdictions require a licence or restrict assignments
- You must verify local law before taking any action — nothing here is legal, tax or investment advice
Compliance notes are general information, not legal advice. Verify the rules that apply where you live before trading.
Public examples
Placeholder — No verified public example has been documented for this model yet. Nothing is shown here until a real, linkable source exists.
Research and sources
Claims are traced to named sources with publication dates and direct links. Operator experiences are treated as examples, not universal facts.
- Version
- 0.1 (in research)
- Last researched
- Pending final review
- Last updated
- Pending final review
Placeholder — Sources appear here once each claim in the guide has been checked against a citable, public document. No figures are published before then.