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Bad credit. No savings. No excuses. Jiries Dawaher turned nothing into a $32M portfolio. Here's the BRRRR playbook, live deal numbers, and the mindset behind it all.

Learning to negotiate is one of the most important skills you can develop as a real estate investor. You will find yourself negotiating with almost everyone: contractors, banks, private money lenders, and, of course, you will be talking to motivated sellers.

Banks are dumping billions in bad loans at steep discounts. Scott Carson reveals how everyday investors are quietly profiting in 2026.

Our real estate investors are generating motivated seller leads nationwide, but these top 10 counties have the highest number of distressed sellers.

Most investors fail because they never master two crucial skills. There is one job with two distinct roles: find off-market sellers and then help them sell.

Yonel Devico, founder of Crosby Capital, built a billion-dollar portfolio by investing in distressed mortgages across 42 states, later expanding into bridge loans for developers and foreign investors. He is bullish on the South Florida market, citing strong luxury demand and business migration to Miami. His key advice: diversify across markets, focus on cash flow over appreciation, and prioritize health and teamwork.

April 2026 brings with it a new wave of market data. There are clear signals for investors who know how to read the landscape. Nationwide, existing home sales have dropped to a 9-month low in March 2026. Rising mortgages are the main reason that traditional buyers cannot acquire properties. There is an increased demand for cash transactions as it becomes challenging to secure conventional financing.

Most real estate deals don’t fail due to poor execution—they fail because the numbers don’t work.

In most cases, it comes down to one critical metric investors get wrong: ARV.

Real estate investing outperforms other asset classes by a long margin. The stock market can get you an ROI of 8.39%, but the real estate industry delivers an average rate of 6.03% over this period.

Best deals don’t show up on the MLS. You must uncover and discover them. The real question is, where should you be looking for deals right now?

The March distressed seller data report cuts through the noise. Using current data, we reveal counties where investors are most likely to find discounted, off-market deals. These locations show strong signals of distress, and the sellers in these markets may be open to fast and flexible solutions.

Here are the top 10 counties with the most distressed seller leads in March 2026: