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Deal Acquisition Skills for Rookies

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Ethan Lieber
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October 30, 2018
Deal Acquisition Skills for Rookies

The most significant abilities and resources in real estate investing are the ones that brand new investors don’t have. These abilities are essential for buying and selling investment properties and for increasing financing.

Understanding how to appraise properties, picking the right software applications to run a productive company, employing help, handling contractors and tenants, and choosing an excellent market to invest in are key skills in real estate. Most investors understand that they need to grow in these abilities.

But, there’s also a point where understanding how to write a deal, underwrite a bargain, draw prospects to your site, and deal with the technical aspect of business can come up short. Much more important is the ability to market. Especially, in order to sell and present yourself.

It matters a lot to get better at what you do.

With the competitive landscape in multifamily acquisitions, you need to market yourself as the ideal buyer. It goes beyond the offer.

There is no lack of buyers available for sellers to select from. You may not be the maximum bidder, but you may still win the offer. Sellers care about the people and the treatment of their property. They want a vision for the future and that can be much more important than the dollar figure of the sale.

These days, you can’t simply throw a dull “We Buy Homes” squeeze page and hope to do plenty of deals. Sellers of all kinds and sizes are actually learning how important it is to select the ideal buyer. For the largest sellers, they need to select buyers that aren’t only qualified, but have an established history of dealing fairly with their own assets.

Seller Motivations

Homeowners, for example, can not afford to only deal with anybody off the street. Their main challenge now is finding an experienced buyer they can trust. And homeowners often have a deep sentimental connection to their homes.

Multifamily property owners need to be certain their buyers will handle their tenants nicely and take care of the property–and follow through on their promises without any re-negotiating before closing. The exact same goes for investors who sell investments or that are syndicating multifamily real estate prices. The same is true for working together with funds of investors. All these are relationships–generally deeper and longer relationships between people and properties that require trust.

Your Presentation

Having the ability to sell and present yourself makes a large difference with the sellers who’ll work together with you along with the mentors that will take the time to assist you.

How can they know that you will do a fantastic job?

As soon as you wrap your mind around everything, work out how you really can add value to those different players, and learn how to communicate the advantages of working together with you personally, more doors will open to you.

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