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Real Estate Investing - Analyzing the Deal |
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10 Mistakes to Avoid When Analyzing a Deal
by David Finkel
Mistake #1They take TOO Long. Good deals don’t wait around for indecisive people. Many people “think a deal to death.” One way to lower your anxiety level with a deal is to move forward provisionally (i.e. with a clause of some sort.)
Mistake #2They trust the seller’s numbers. Even if there are only good intentions, most sellers just aren’t knowledgeable, and they are inherently a bit biased.
Mistake #3
They trust appraisals. An appraisal really isn’t meaningful, unless YOU hired the appraiser, and YOU gave the instructions, and YOU are handing the appraiser the check.
Mistake #4They do their math in pencil. The next time you catch yourself thinking it’s okay to “fudge” your numbers a little to make the deal cash flow or the rehab payoff, BEWARE! Some investors have a tendency to “play” with the number a little to make them show a marginal deal is better than it really is.
Mistake #5They overestimate market rents. This one happens all the time. The way you know what a house will rent for is to do a market rent survey. The rents listed in the paper may or may not be accurate.
Mistake #6They overestimate “as is” value. So many investors forget that to turn a house in 60 days or less requires the price to be REAL--not pie in the sky. Be conservative in your estimate of value going into the deal. The worst case then is that you make MORE money than you thought you would!
Mistake #7They get bogged down in process. Use a “Layered” Approach: I will be talking about this innovative way to analyze a deal FAST on Real Estate Radio.
Mistake #8They worry about the house on the first layer analysis. On your first pass, you are only concerned about three things:
Mistake #9They underestimate the time it will take to flip, fix, fill, or sell. I’ve bought a lot of houses from investors who got stuck with holding costs too much for them to handle. Be careful here.
Mistake #10They SKIP analysis until the deal falls apart on it’s own. Wishful thinking isn’t pretty.
Bonus Mistake #11
They hide behind analysis when they are AFRAID to act!
About the author...David Finkel is an ex-Olympic level athlete turned real estate millionaire and one of the leading investing experts in the nation. He and his partner, Peter Conti, teach people across the country how to create multiple streams of income buying homes in nice areas with nothing down and minimum risk. Over the past decade, his students have bought and sold over $100 million worth of real estate. The Landlord Protection Agency would like to thank CreOnline.com for providing the article. |
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