Important Due Diligence Step

[Vish Iyer]

Dear friends, 

In the last 3 weeks, I have literally saved myself a lot of headache/bad investments with this one step. This tip is particularly for out of state investors. The typical scenario has been (atleast 7 properties).

Wholesaler: Awesome property @ 65 cents on the dollar, all the numbers look great, CMAs are great, pictures are awesome. You are ready to make an offer...wait, before you do it, please consider this important step.

I call the top ranked listing broker in that Zip code and request him/her to do a walkthrough of the property with a contractor. In the last 3 weeks, I had to say no to 7 properties which I would have signed for without this step.

A lot of investors get inspection period but as the market is heating up and competition is high and if you do want your  offer accepted. I would still strongly suggest to do a listing broker walk through, if you are flipping the property.

A 3 rd party listing broker will give their unbiased opinion on how much the property would sell. Five of the seven cases the listing broker's estimate was 20-30k less than what the wholesaler had claimed or even the comps have shown.

I am sure other experienced investors have some great input on this.

Just wanted to share my experience.

Regards

Vish