I always say that I’m going to write about what happens behind the scenes in my world, but I’m usually too busy recovering to remember.
This time, I remembered.
This scenario opens with an extremely frustrated investor who tried to sell his own property. He had a small fire in the upper part of a bungalow, so the potential buyers had been playing around with making and closing a strong offer for months.
I listened patiently to the owner’s woes. I suggested having our firm list the property in a special way to help him sell it quickly, but he was already in negotiations with a few buyers, so he couldn’t list it at that time.
Fast forward a few more weeks, and those potential buyers had either walked out on the deal or tried to beat him down to lower the price.
SHAME! (cue the angry nun with the cowbell and Cersei Lannister with a bowl cut)
So, finally, the investor agrees to my two-part Superior Investor Sales Plan, that’s not actually a thing, but the name sounds great.
First step: We give the Sharks in the Shark Pool first bite at the bait.
We have a huge email list of investors – around 10,000 subscribers or so. Not all are active, but we’ve gathered them over the years steadily. We affectionately refer to them as the Shark Pool.
They are invaluable at giving instant feedback on the latest real estate investor deals in and around Detroit.
We sent out the email with the property info and got a few offers. The offers were on the low side, so we went to the next step.
Step 2: Expose the Opportunity to the widest audience possible.
Because we are licensed real estate professionals, we can employ our MLS (multi-list) service to give over 35,000 subscribers and their thousands of clients access to investment opportunities.
We put the property on the market as-is. The seller didn’t have the time nor the energy to fix up the smoke damage from the fire, and that wasn’t necessary. The pricing was well within the range to make a good rehab and flip feasible.
And guess what? We got MULTIPLE cash offers OVER asking price within days of listing it!
Selling a property on your own isn’t impossible, but there are better and faster ways to get it done with a minimal amount of stress.
Need help? Call us or email us today: 248.905.1531 or myrealestateteam1@gmail.com.
Good luck and Happy investing!