| We drive by them everyday abandoned houses, | | | | 5.Found The Owner - Find out what they know |
| commercial property, apartments all boarded up | | | | about the property. It may be Uncle Charlie's house |
| some fenced in. They've been there for so long it | | | | left to them in his will and they don't want anything |
| doesn't register any more doesn't trigger us into | | | | to do with it, an opportunity for a good deal. Again it |
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| you do business. | | | | pie, maybe not such a good deal. |
| 1.A New Start - Tomorrow start with a new | | | | 6.Offer an Embarrassing Amount - Remember it's |
| perspective know in you mind that you have missed | | | | abandoned nobody wants it. To get your point |
| a great deal of opportunities in abandoned properties | | | | across use photos with your offer, maybe the City |
| that were in front you all the time. Drive slower, look | | | | Building Dept has notices posted, danger signs. Use |
| at every property you go by with your new eyes. | | | | anything ugly, photos of other ugly properties near |
| Drive a different way each day. | | | | by or newspaper articles about the neighborhood. |
| 2.Bird-dogs - Hire a bird dog; pay by the lead or by | | | | 7.Closing the Deal - Use your real estate attorney to |
| commission. Just get someone out on the street | | | | prepare the paperwork and close the transaction. |
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| there ready for you to make an offer. Banks and | | | | have it appraised, order Title report and insurance, a |
| dead-tired owners are waiting for you. | | | | survey, research building code and health code |
| 3.Real Estate Agents - Don't waste your time they | | | | violations. |
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