Summary of "BEST Wholesaling Lists To Start with EVEN If You're A Beginner (2025)"

Zach Gin, a wholesaling real estate expert with 8 years and over 4,000 deals experience, shares his top nine lists for beginners to start wholesaling effectively in 2025. He emphasizes focusing on motivated sellers and finding less competitive "ponds" rather than fishing where many wholesalers compete.

Main Financial Strategies and Business Trends:

Focus on motivated sellers using targeted, niche lists rather than broad or saturated sources.
Use free or low-cost lists initially, as throwing money at generic lists is less effective.
Leverage technology and software (especially X Leads) for high-quality, skip-traced data and automation.
Employ multi-channel outreach (calls, texts, emails, sticky notes) especially on niche lists.
Avoid cold calling on some lists (e.g., Pre-Foreclosures) due to saturation.
Use AI to analyze and filter lists for better targeting of motivated sellers.
Consider less competitive asset types like mobile homes for lucrative deals.
Use Digital Bandit Signs and social media ads for cost-effective inbound leads.
Scale with high volume lists and automation for larger operations.

The Nine Best Wholesaling Lists to Start With:

Vacant Properties List (Monthly Free List)
- Provided monthly via Zach’s free wholesaling course (frelesling.com).
- Pulled and filtered from X Leads software, skip-traced for free.
- Vacant homes are easier to inspect and require less upfront cost.
Government List of the Month (e.g., Code Violations)
- Monthly updated government data, skip-traced and filtered.
- Example: Active code violations in Columbus, Ohio.
- AI used to analyze notes and identify motivated sellers.
Probate Properties
- Properties inherited after death, often vacant and highly motivated sellers.
- Can find via local court websites or clerk of the court.
- Smaller list but high motivation and large deal potential.
Code Violations (Local Government Lists)
- Properties with fines due to violations, often distressed.
- Obtain from local code enforcement departments or FOIA requests.
Pre-Foreclosures
- Homeowners behind on mortgage payments.
- Increasing trend since 2022, offering growing opportunities.
- Best contacted via text rather than cold calls due to call saturation.
Driving for Dollars
- Manually identifying distressed properties by driving neighborhoods.
- Unique, hard-to-get lists with less competition.
- Recommended to contact leads multiple times via different channels.
High Volume Lists via X Leads Software
- For those scaling operations and wanting to do mass outreach.
- Offers 15,000+ skip traces for about $100/month with dialer and texting tools.
- Enables sending tens of thousands of texts and calls efficiently.
Digital Bandit Signs
- Using digital ads and Facebook groups to post “We Buy Houses” signs.
- Low time investment, high inbound lead generation.
- Beginners encouraged to use AI tools to create ads and post consistently.
Mobile Homes
- Underserved niche with high cash flow potential.
- Lists can be pulled from tax records, permitting departments, or X Leads filters.
- Mobile homes with land ownership offer lucrative flipping opportunities.

Additional Tips:

Avoid scams promising cheap skip tracing; quality data and legal compliance matter.
Triple-touch outreach (call, text, email, sticky notes) recommended especially for probates and driving for dollars.
Use AI tools to filter and analyze large data sets for motivated sellers.
Zach offers free resources and monthly updated lists at frelesling.com.
Emphasizes no upsells or paid mentorship in this video; just sharing his expertise.