Invest · The Dirt
DFW deals with the math shown. Purchase. Rehab. ARV. Weekly.
The Dirt is a weekly sheet of DFW deals with the numbers on every line — what it costs, what it needs, what it should sell for fixed. Free. No membership.
What's in an issue
One line per deal. Five columns.
Every deal goes out in the same shape, so you can read a week of them in a minute.
| Area | Purchase | Rehab | ARV | Notes |
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| One real past deal — J.D. supplies purchase / rehab / ARV | ||||
- Area
- The ZIP or neighborhood.
- Purchase
- What you'd pay.
- Rehab
- J.D.'s estimate of the work it needs.
- ARV
- After-repair value: what it should sell for fixed, from closed comps.
- Notes
- Condition, occupancy, access — what we know and what we don't.
Rehab and ARV are estimates. Walk it, bid it and pull your own comps before you sign.
Run your own numbers
The deal analyzer.
Same textbook math we'd use to sanity-check a line in The Dirt: the 70% rule, profit and ROI. Change any number.
How we source
Where the deals come from.
Three places, plainly:
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1 · Homeowners, directly
Sellers who ask us for three numbers on their house — through this site, by phone and through our own marketing. When an owner picks the cash number and signs, that house can end up here, and the owner hears it in writing first (the disclosure below).
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2 · Agents
Listing agents who bring J.D. a house that needs more work than a retail buyer wants.
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3 · Wholesalers
Other investors with a house under contract who'd rather sell the contract than close on it.
Sold
Houses we've bought, fixed and sold.
Photos and the real purchase, rehab and sale numbers for each.
FAQ
Straight answers.
How does The Dirt arrive?
Weekly, by text if you tick the consent box on the signup, by email if you give us an address — or both. Reply STOP to any text to end the texts.
Does it cost anything?
No. No membership, no fee, no course to buy.
Are these houses J.D. owns, or contracts he's assigning?
Both can show up. Texas lets someone without a license sell an option or assign a contract to buy a house only if they don't use it to broker real estate and the person "discloses in writing the nature of the equitable interest to any seller or potential buyer." Skip that disclosure and it counts as brokerage (Occupations Code §1101.0045). J.D. holds a license, so TREC's rules for license holders apply to him on top of that: he tells you in writing — in the contract or before it — that he's a licensed sales agent acting for himself or his company, and he may not use his expertise to your disadvantage (22 TAC §535.144).
Do the homeowners know J.D. is an investor?
When RESE is the buyer, J.D. Thorne — a Texas real estate license holder (No. 0705914, sponsored by Myers Home Buyers LLC) — is buying for his own account or through a company he controls, to repair and resell at a profit. He is the buyer in that deal, not your agent, and you'll get that in writing before any contract (22 TAC §535.144). If we bring in a partner buyer instead, we tell you that in writing too.
Are the numbers guaranteed?
No. Purchase is a price; rehab and ARV are estimates. Walk the house, get your own bids and pull your own comps. If our ARV is wrong, we'd rather you catch it before closing than after.
Is the deal analyzer J.D.'s own formula?
No. It uses the textbook 70% rule and says so. Use it to check a line, not to make an offer on its own.
What areas?
Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Ellis, Johnson and Grayson counties. Pick the ones you buy in when you sign up.