Buyer Guides
How to buy off-market well
Eight guides covering the things that decide whether an off-market purchase makes money: what you tell us you want, what you check before you sign, and what happens at the closing table.
Building a buy box that actually gets you deals
A buy box that is too wide gets you noise and one that is too narrow gets you nothing. Here is how to draw one that a disposition team can actually work.
6 min readProof of funds: what counts, what does not
What a disposition team is actually looking for when they ask for proof of funds, and why the letter you downloaded off the internet is not it.
5 min readHow to read an assignment contract
What you are actually buying when you take an assignment, the clauses that matter, and the ones that should stop you signing.
7 min readEstimating ARV without waiting on an agent
How to pull a defensible after-repair value yourself, which comps to throw away, and the three mistakes that cause most blown numbers.
7 min readRehab budgets that survive contact with the house
Why scope sheets blow up, what to price before you commit, and the contingency that is not optional.
7 min readTitle on an assigned deal, and what can go wrong
What a title search turns up on off-market houses, which defects are fixable before closing, and which ones should end the conversation.
7 min readDouble close or assignment: which one, and when
The practical differences between the two structures, what each costs, and when the extra cost of a double close is worth paying.
6 min readEarnest money on off-market deals
How much is normal, where it should sit, when it goes hard, and how people lose it.
5 min readWant the deals, not just the theory?
Tell us the markets you buy in and the ones that fit come to you first.
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