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Commercial Real Estate 101

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🥊 Stop Trying to Outmuscle the Big Buyers
Let me tell you about something I see all the time. People jump into commercial real estate and immediately aim for the biggest properties they can find. 100 units.150 units.Huge listings with glossy offering memorandums. And on the other side of those deals? Private equity funds.Institutional buyers.Groups with millions in cash ready to deploy. That’s exactly where Vera and her husband found themselves. For months they were submitting offers on big buildings, hoping one would stick. Instead? Offer after offer got passed over. Not because they weren’t smart. Not because they didn’t understand the numbers. They were just playing in an arena designed for giant buyers. Then something changed. Instead of chasing the biggest deals in the market, they shifted their focus to mom-and-pop owned properties. And instead of trying to beat everyone on price… They offered something different. Terms. Seller financing. Within about 60 days they had two properties under contract: 🏢 A 20-unit in Dallas 🏢 A 24-unit in Dayton Both cash flowing. Both structured with owner financing. Both done without a bank involved. Why did it work? Because when you use seller financing, you stop competing in a cash war. You start solving the seller’s problem. Suddenly you’re not just another bidder. You’re the person bringing a solution. That’s the power of seller financing. You don’t need to outspend hedge funds. You just need to structure smarter deals. If you want the guide that breaks down exactly how seller financing works — how to introduce it, structure it, and use it as your advantage — drop SELLER in the comments. I’ll send it your way. And who knows… Your Vera story might be closer than you think. 💥
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https://www.crexi.com/properties/1616143/ohio-royal-oaks This is a SoSo property
Day 1 & 2 Learning Opportunity - Find a property to analyze
This is a deal i want to analyze from crexi.com. Comment on this post Day 2 Applied Learning Opportunity - Analyze a property - Find the NOI for your subject property - Calculate the cap rate and run the bank test - https://chatgpt.com/canvas/shared/693db12e7350819193b4ddb90daf7986 - Determine what the whisper offer would be…
Day 1 & 2 Learning Opportunity - Find a property to analyze
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5 Unit multi use building Asking $ 1,749.000 NOI $ 100,092. Cap Rate 5.72% ROI -0.71 %
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$ 1,100,000. Value Cap rate 9.10% ROI !0.54 %
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