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Although just about every real estate agent works for the seller, the only way the real estate agent makes any money is when there is a buyer who buys their seller’s property. You can get the real estate agent on your side by helping them make money.

Put up a flyer in the lunch room at work. Talk to people you do business with, like the dry cleaner, shoe repair person, cable company, and plumber, and let them know you are a real estate investor looking for property.

Placing a newspaper or Internet ad yourself is the second way of finding a good deal. Place your ad in the Real Estate Wanted section of the classified ads. It can be something simple and short. You can place an Internet ad in your metropolitan newspaper.

There are six ways of finding a good deal. They include checking classified ads either in newspapers or on the Internet, placing a newspaper or Internet ad, enlisting the help of personal contacts, doing your own scouting, visiting open houses, and working with a real estate agent.