Exercise 4 Of 6 For Real Estate Investors Business Plan
At this point, you have already overcome 2 huge hurdles where most investors make their mistakes
. It often takes most investors 2-5 years to get to where you are right now after just 2 exercises. This is how powerful these exercises can be. If you are not comfortable, I strongly recommend you repeat exercise 1 and 2 many times. I myself did each 3 times and can think of 10 items I would like to upgrade in my home perfect for the exercises. So by all means, repeat these exercises as much as you can.
So far, you have bought right, sold right and have experience in negotiating, marketing to motivated seller lists with a good message, marketing to buyers, auctions, backup plans, etc. There is a 3rd area where many investors make mistakes and that is they do not have a plan. Not having a plan is planning to fail. In this exercise you will begin to focus on one strategy and become a master. The result will be a business plan.
Create a business plan with at minimum answers to these items. Details, pictures, charts and graphs are very helpful as most people are visual. Also, investors will likely just skim it and read the mission and strategy at the beginning which should be a captivating summary.
Mission Statement When people ask you what you do, what do you tell them? This is your purpose for existence and includes the benefit you provide. Research and come up with a solid mission statement.
Strategy Pick one strategy and become a master. Focus all of you efforts on perfection and automate a system that runs your strategy whether you are there or not.
Market Define your market. Many are only comfortable with their local market. Me on the other hand, I did tons of research to identify markets with great returns and ability to mitigate risk. Now I focus on one state where I can cherry pick from incredible LTVs and rent to purchase ratios.
Criteria Define your LTV, cash flow, max purchase amount, max rehab amount, max timeframe, etc. Stick to your criteria, walk away from any deal that does not meet your criteria. If you are not finding enough deals to cherry pick from, change your market and/or strategy.
How to find deals, marketing plan How are you going to automate a system so motivated sellers come to you? MLS, agents, online searches, direct mail to lists, other? This is the 2nd biggest mistake, investors do not find good enough deals and it all comes down to marketing and persistence with their marketing plan.
How to finance deals Are you using conventional, hard money, private money, equity or JV partners, seller financing, lease options, other? This is often a challenge in todays market and private money is a tremendous solution. Learn to generate private money!
How to do deals How are you going to turn a purchase of a property into profit? Clearly define the steps. Repairs, rent, management, implementation of exit strategies, etc.
Exit strategies, Backup Plans One of the most important sections, especially to investors. How are you going to exit the deal? What are your backup plans as it is wise to have multiple exit strategies? Do you flip, lease option, wholesale, bird dog, sell the note, sell the entity holding title, rent and hold, other?
Team & Systems Clearly define your team and systems used to delegate and automate tasks. A true entrepreneur will step away from the daily processes and the business will run whether you are there or not.
Illustrate example deals Illustrate LTV, cash flow numbers and cash on cash return for example deals. Include images of properties and show your successful track record here if possible.
Financials Include financials for the timeframe of your strategy.
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by: Ryan Moeller
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