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7 Easy Ways for Real Estate Wholesalers to Give Back Every Day

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on Thursday, 21 August 2014
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How can real estate wholesalers find simple ways to give back, pay it forward and make a difference every day?

Inman News just ran a feature on how real estate professionals are eager to give back, but often find it difficult to do it effectively and consistently.

Socially minded, caring real estate investors don’t want to give just to make themselves look good. They are often fearful of giving to the wrong charity that soaks too much in admin costs. It may not be practical for many to give away entire homes. And who isn’t crazy busy wholesaling houses today?

So how can wholesalers give more, fast, efficiently, and consistently?

Here are 7 tips from your Best Transaction Funding Lender:

1. Keep Cash with You

While no investor may enjoy being harassed by those with no intention of using handouts for anything worthwhile, it feels really bad when you do come across someone in need and all you’ve got is plastic in your wallet. Alternatively, consider stocking up on Wal-Mart or restaurant gift cards to giveaway.

2. Random Acts of Kindness to Neighbors

Wholesalers might be in and out fast, but their work can be stressful to neighbors worried about what is happening to their home’s value. Step out, or step back to the days when people brought gifts to their neighbors.

3. Put Someone Up for a Night

Okay, maybe not in your own home. But perhaps you have empty properties, or a cheap hostel nearby. In many areas there are no homeless shelters. You may even benefit from offering temporary housing while flipping a property to actually discourage unfriendly squatters, and vandalism.

4. Publish a Directory of Local Assistance Programs

Publish a directory of local assistance programs, put it on your real estate website, and print copies to give out. Sometimes all people need is to be made aware of available help for paying utilities, finding an apartment and putting up a deposit, getting fed, or access to the internet, shower and a change of clothes for finding a job.

5. Set Recurring Donations to 100% Pass-Through Nonprofits

More non-profits like charity: water which pioneered a 100% model which gives all donations right to aid are coming along. Set up a recurring donation, and put giving back on autopilot.

6. Amazon Smile

Amazon just rolled out its own solution for charitable giving on autopilot. Now by using the Smile.Amazon.com domain every time you shop on Amazon for real estate books, or supplies a percentage can automatically be given to one of your favorite designated charities like The Wounded Warrior Project.

7. California Charity Expo

Realty 411 Magazine just announced a November Charity Expo. Promoters are funding the event themselves so that 100% of VIP ticket sales can go right to feeding the hungry in LA.

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