Off-market real estate wholesaling

Find the deal.
Assign the contract.
Collect the fee.

DealBridge connects motivated home sellers with cash investors — securing properties below market value and assigning contracts for consistent, recurring assignment fees. One deal every 1-2 months can generate $5K+ per month. The business is simple. The execution is everything.

Sample Assignment
Seller agrees $150,000
Investor pays $160,000
Assignment fee $10,000
Formula
MAO = ARV × 70% − Repairs − Profit

Make offers at or below this price to keep spreads healthy.

How it works

The wholesaling flywheel

Buyers list first. Sellers second. Assignment fees third. Do this in the right order and deals take care of themselves.

01

Build the buyers list

Cash investors are the bottleneck in wholesaling — not sellers. Find 100+ active cash buyers in your target market before touching a single lead. BiggerPockets meetups, Facebook investor groups, county records. Collect name, phone, email, budget, preferred neighborhoods.

02

Generate motivated seller leads

Pre-foreclosures, probate, vacant properties, absentee owners, landlord violations. Stack lists in PropStream or DealMachine, skip trace the contacts, then start outreach: direct mail, cold calls, SMS. Target 50-100 outbound actions per day once the list is warm.

03

Make offers, secure contracts

Run every property through the MAO formula. ARV × 70% − repairs − desired profit = max allowable offer. Submit offers at or below that number. When a seller agrees, get the contract signed — you're now positioned as the middleman between seller and buyer.

04

Assign and collect

Send deal details to your buyers list. Schedule investor walkthroughs. Collect earnest money. Execute the assignment agreement. Close through a title company or real estate attorney. The assignment fee lands in your account — no own capital required.

$0
Capital required to start

You don't buy properties — you buy contracts. No capital outlay, no holding costs.

$5K–$10K
Average assignment fee

Conservative: 1 deal every 2 months at $10K fee = $5K/month average income.

100+
Cash buyers to build first

The buyers list is your moat. More buyers = more competition for your contracts = higher assignment fees.

$500–$1,500
Startup budget

LLC, business account, Google Voice, PropStream or DealMachine, CRM. That's it.

The daily operation

This is a numbers game. Play it like one.

Consistent daily activity is what separates wholesalers who close deals from those who quit after month two. Set your targets, hit them every day, and let the funnel work.

Daily targets
  • 50–100 outbound calls
  • 20 follow-up contacts
  • 5–10 new seller conversations
  • 2–5 new investors added to list
Weekly targets
  • 15–25 property offers made
  • 2–5 property appointments
Monthly target
  • 1–3 signed contracts

Target markets

Start in a city that works.

Population above 100K, active investor community, older housing stock, moderate home prices. These markets have the best conditions for wholesaling right now.

Indianapolis, IN
900K+ population · Strong investor meetup scene · Median home ~$260K · Consistent deal flow
Kansas City, MO/KS
1.7M metro · Active BiggerPockets chapter · Median home ~$230K · High cash buyer density
Memphis, TN
630K city · High distress rate = motivated sellers · Low acquisition costs · Strong rental investor demand
Cleveland, OH
1.2M metro · Older housing stock = high repair potential · Active flip/investor community
Columbus, OH
1M+ metro · Fast-growing market · Mix of retail and investor buyers · Good for assignment and double-close strategies

Pick one city. Go deep before going wide. Master the market, then expand.

The business model is proven. The execution is yours.

Wholesaling is not complicated. Find buyers first, find sellers second, make offers that pencil, assign the contract, collect the fee. Repeat. The operators who win are the ones who show up every day and do the work. DealBridge is built for the operator who understands this and is ready to execute.

No capital. No properties. Just contracts, buyers, and assignment fees.