50 Deals in 18 Months: How Ali Abdulmijeed Sources Property Deals Using Property Filter

Ali Abdulmijeed's challenge before Property Filter

Ali Abdulmijeed started his deal sourcing business in Stockton-on-Tees with a straightforward approach: search Rightmove, set some filters, and hope for the best. There were no automations, no data tools, and no systematic way to identify motivated sellers or analyse comparable deals.

Finding properties was one challenge. Packaging them well enough to convince investors was another. Without reliable end values, rental estimates, or price history, it was difficult to build the kind of detailed investor pack that earns confidence - and earns a fee. Most deals were still coming from Rightmove, but Rightmove alone was not giving Ali or his partner the information they needed to sell them.

That changed when a mentor, Paul Stapleton, recommended property sourcing software and pointed them towards Property Filter. Ali was instantly sold. "From the moment I saw it, I was like: this is exactly what I need as a deal sourcer."

"There was no automations. It was very old school - we were just looking on Rightmove, setting the filters, and hoping for the best."

How Ali Abdulmijeed uses Property Filter to find deal sourcing opportunities

Ali's process is consistent: every property that comes across his desk goes through Property Filter's comparables analysis tool before it goes anywhere near an investor. He enters the postcode and immediately sees four categories of data - what is currently on the market, what is sold subject to contract, what has been removed or sold, and what has transacted on the land registry. In minutes, he has a full picture of how the property compares to its market.

That data does two things. It tells Ali whether the deal is worth pursuing, and it gives him the evidence to negotiate a lower price - his minimum target is £10,000 off the asking price on every single deal. Properties that have been on the market for a long time, or have seen price reductions, become targets for motivated sellers conversations.

Once the analysis is done, Property Filter's deal pipeline feature does the packaging work. Ali drops the comparables into the pipeline, copies the links, and builds the investor message - a detailed, professional document that takes 5 to 10 minutes to assemble but presents as hours of thorough research to the person receiving it.

"That big juicy message might have only took us 5 to 10 minutes, but to an investor, it looks like we've spent four hours on it."