We reached out to selling agents, signed the CA, got the financials, visited the properties, talked to banks and got preliminary paperwork started to be able to write a LOI (Letter Of Intent).

It makes the preliminary research phase of deal finding a few hour long process per property, if you really want to get into it.  

I walk the property with my general contractor to get a preliminary estimate for repairs.  

Our preliminary 5 and 10 year goals are $1M and $10M in leveraged assets, respectively.

I’ve learned how to do my own preliminary title search work and it helps eliminate some leads before I contact them.

I'd like to get a couple contractors over to the place to give me some preliminary bids and see what they think actually needs to be done. 

A lot of my preliminary research has uncovered lots of papers on residential real estate booms and busts in this time period, but it's been tough finding strictly CRE papers.

If you look at purchasing the property, and need preliminary figures on the restoration or reproduction of the wood windows, that’s what I my company specializes in. 

We create a preliminary estimate.  

This will give you a preliminary idea of the land usage of surrounding houses as well.