Not every deal I lose track of was a bad one.
A while back I flagged a property that looked promising. Priced well below recent comps, no obvious defects, decent location. The kind of thing I’d usually already have a home for before I even finished looking at the listing.
This one, I didn’t.
I made a couple calls. Nobody was in a spot for it right then. One guy just closed something else. Another was focused on a different area. By the time I got to the third call, somebody else had already put it under contract.
I never even found out who bought it.
That’s the part that sticks with me. Not that I lost the deal. I didn’t have a deal to lose. I just didn’t have the right person on the other end of the phone in time.
It happens more than you’d think.
Most of what I see isn’t worth a second look. Access, utilities, topography, floodplain, buyer demand, surrounding uses, and a dozen other factors kill most of it before it goes anywhere. But every so often something survives all that, and when it does, it doesn’t wait around.
The properties that are actually underpriced don’t sit on the market long enough for you to find them on your own. Somebody has to already be looking, already know what you want, and already have your number.
I think there’s a difference between wanting to hear about a good deal and actually being set up to hear about one.
If you’re not on my list, you’re not missing out on deals I send. You’re missing out on deals I never get the chance to send, because I didn’t know to call you.
I’m trying to fix that, one name at a time.
If you’re an investor and want to be one of the calls I make when something survives the filtering, click below and tell me what you’re looking for.
No obligation. No pressure. Just a way to make sure you’re one of the calls I get to make instead of one of the ones I don’t.
Is it a bad idea to be on that list?
