Remote Real Estate Acquisitions Associate Off-Market Deal Manager
Laguna Beach, CA - USA
Job Summary
Were hiring a Real Estate Acquisitions Associate to build relationships with property owners investors and dealmakers and to source off-market deals as we scale a relationship-driven deal engine.
- Flexible Title: Can tailor to reflect your skills & experience.
- Flexible Time: Can do full-time part-time side-gig (off-hours) or fractional (contract).
- Flexible Commitment: Can do short-term long-term or intermittent.
- No license required. Investors wholesalers dispositions reps and relationship-driven sales pros welcome a license is a plus not a requirement.
Why so flexible Were a FUNDED startup racing to launch end of Q3 2026. That gives us just 3 months to stack features while raising additional working capital. Feel free to jump in help us ship then bounce >> or stick around. A successful launch translates into lots of permanent jobs for those that want them. Were also interested in long-term side gig relationships if thats what youre intoin our experience a few expert hours often beat full-time learning-curve hours.
Were a credible funded remote-first startup backed by a growing team. Were pre-launch and moving fast building the kind of relationship-based deal network that real estate has always run on just faster and at scale.
Real estate has never been about listings its about relationships. The best deals never hit the MLS; they move through people who know people. Thats exactly the muscle this role is built on.
We need someone who lives in the off-market world: someone who can build genuine relationships with motivated sellers investors wholesalers and agents keep a network warm on both the buy and sell side and turn conversations into deals. Youll be the human on the other end of the phone the person people trust enough to bring a deal to first.
This is part acquisitions part relationship management part always be building the network. If youre the type whod rather pick up the phone than send a template who remembers what a seller mentioned three calls ago and who gets energy from connecting the right buyer to the right deal this is your seat.
Up to $150000 OTE (base plus uncapped commission) for full-time performers; cash commission and equity components to be negotiated. Given the flexible commitment model comp will be structured accordingly fractional hourly or performance-only arrangements welcome for the right relationships and deal flow.
- Youve reviewed how we source track and work relationships and off-market deal flow today
- Youve gotten access to our CRM and communication tools and mapped where deals and contacts live
- Youve made your first round of outreach and follow-up calls to warm and new contacts
- Youve attended your first team standup and understand how a conversation becomes a tracked deal
- The team knows who you are why youre here and how youll work together
- Build and nurture relationships keep property owners investors wholesalers and agents warm on both the buy and sell side
- Source off-market deals find motivated sellers and inventory before its publicly listed through conversations referrals and community presence
- Grow the network on both sides maintain a bench of cash buyers and a pipeline of sellers so you can match the right deal to the right person
- Run phone-first outreach and follow-up consistent genuine follow-up is where the deals actually come from; you dont let relationships go cold
- Move deals forward take a conversation from first contact toward agreement coordinating with the team on next steps
- Keep the pipeline clean log contacts conversations and deal status so nothing falls through the cracks
Must-haves:
- Experience in real estate acquisitions wholesaling dispositions investor relations or relationship-driven sales
- Relationship-driven you build trust fast and keep it; people remember you and bring you deals
- Phone-comfortable youd rather call than email and youre good at it
- Understand off-market deal flow motivated sellers distressed situations creative structures buyer networks
- Organized and self-directed you keep your own pipeline and follow-up tight without daily check-ins
Nice-to-have:
- An existing network of cash buyers investors or off-market sellers youve worked with
- Personal experience investing in or wholesaling real estate
- Familiarity with CRM tools (and the discipline to actually use one)
- Real estate license (a plus not required)
- Comfortable in fast-moving ambiguous environments
- Not a licensed-agent-only role you dont need a license; this is off-market relationship sourcing not listing representation
- Not a cold-script reader this is genuine relationship building not a call center
- Not a solo shop youll work with a team and warm systems not build a pipeline from zero alone
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