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Stephanie Ugboaja Yellow Letters
16 February 2016 | 1 reply
Get a yellow legal pad, a good dark pen, draft out a quick, punchy message, and write it over and over.Keep it simple.
Chris Harper Top 20 Objections to REI
20 March 2017 | 21 replies
.______________________________________________ The upfront agreementIn order for the upfront agreement to work, you need to frame it as a very fair, 2 way business agreement.Here is a possible exchange…After the walk through, you’re sitting at the kitchen table, looking at both mom and dad the sellers.I fold my hands and I looked very solemn, I try to give them is kind of an expression is possible, as sincere as possible, I have my legal pad, a pen, and a blank letter of intent in front of me.I also have a folder of comps and rental information on the subject property.So here’s the upfront agreement…Investor: “So Bob and Susan thanks for the walk through, I just wanted to talk about how I’d like to see our business relationship work.My job is to look at the property, look at all the financial information, then make a decision, on the spot.To keep coming back over and over thinking about possible deals is not what I do.What I do isif the location is right,the condition of the property is right,the layout of the property is right,the existing financing payments are right, andthe attitude of the sellers are right,then my job is to put together the deal structure that works for me,and I basically give the project the green light.Not a yellow light or a red light, but green light,the analogy here is that we go forward and get the paperwork done tonight.To keep coming back is not a good business plan, takes up too much time and nothing gets done.
Padma Mody Problem with neighbor
1 September 2014 | 17 replies
Let in run off your back.Do your own research about whose meter that tap is gauged from and pay attention to the location of the tap (whose property line it's on - the plot could thicken with such answers. 
Brandon Cochran Introduction - New Real Estate Investor
22 December 2022 | 8 replies
I'd love to go, Brass Tap is really close to my house there.
Rachel Trimble BRRRR When the Rehab Cost is more than Purchase of Property
27 January 2016 | 11 replies
In Denver area a water tap is $25k plus install, sewer tap is $12k plus install.... getting past $40k quickly...if you are going to rent then maybe try to save some cash on this remodel and keep for the remodel before you sell?  
Brian Gibbons Negotiating with Home Sellers - Avoiding "Let me think it over."
14 January 2015 | 2 replies
````````````````The upfront agreementIn order for the upfront agreement to work, you need to frame it as a very fair, 2 way business agreement.Here is a possible exchange...After the walk through, you're sitting at the kitchen table, looking at both mom and dad the sellers.I fold my hands and I looked very solemn, I try to give them is kind of an expression is possible, as sincere as possible, I have my legal pad, a pen, and a blank letter of intent in front of me.I also have a folder of comps and rental information.So here's the upfront agreement...Investor: "So Bob and Susan thanks for the walk through, I just wanted to phrase how I'd like to see our business relationship work.
Kyle Smith Turning garage into mother in law suite
16 May 2022 | 2 replies
Usually a sewage tap is a big-ticket item.What's the design of the garage cum ADU?
Stan Jackson What prospecting tools do you carry?
10 March 2011 | 22 replies
All you really need is a legal pad, a flashlight, a smart phone with mortgage calc, and your business card.
Liz C. Does she sounds like trouble tenant?
24 September 2017 | 15 replies
The super yanked it out of theceiling and kept it in his custody.7) The bathroom "bathtub" is in deplorablecondition with the inner sliding screen door almost off itshinges and can fall on us while taking ashower. 8) The tap is moving around in the sink. 9) The bathroom doorknob was off its hinges but I got thatfixed... but now the door does not lock.10)TheA/C might have not been installed correctly, cold air seemsto flow through from outside constantly, it may pose to be a problem in the winters.11)Thewindow net is torn and patched with a piece ofsticker.
Aaron McGinnis What color for hardwoods and carpet?
14 May 2011 | 3 replies
Is it a family home or a bachelor pad? As