However, to make sense of some of the thoughts of this thread, let me throw in a few comments:
As James already knows, my partner, lawyer, Nova Dean Pack, Esq and I have about $300B in retained buying power with the firm and relations with 6 direct sources. I get between 3 and 7 tapes a day to sell (the full tape plus the LOA) -- none of this " sanitized" rubbish -- as real sellers don't have to hide the details and are always willing to give full details, as they want a sale as soon as possible.
These tapes are usually not in the " billions" , and never in the " hundred billions" or the mighty " trillion" . No... sad to say all those representations are normally just " broker talk" , entertaining other " broke" brokers. The real tapes are usually in the 10's of millions and a few in the hundreds of millions.
But if anyone feels that they will sell a tape by advertising it here on the board, I have to tell you that may never happen as these tapes are not available for that long.
Today is (was) Sunday. This is a quieter day than the rest of the week. Let me tell you of my day to illustrate:
In the last 24 hours I received a $538M purchase price tape for NV at 49+3, a 30.7M bpo Tri-State (NY, NJ, CY) for 55+3, a 17M bpo Long Island for 59+3, a CA $200M bpo, a CA $210M bpo and a CA $300M bpo all from the sale seller and all for 57+3, a 20M bpo TX for 63+2, plus 3 other Fl tapes all in the 30M to 50M and from 45 to 55 +3.
As I received each tape file onto my computer and a brief description from the selling agent over the phone (in one ear) I had another phone in the other ear contacting a prospective buyer during the phone call. The LOI's for the NV, all the CA the TX and the Tri-State tapes are already written and ready for tomorrow morning's business.
This is how fast this business runs. Why? Because when a buyer engages the firm and asks if we can provide " real tape" , and they ask me for " my protocol" , I ask them to first do one thing:
I tell the buyer to take a blank sheet of paper and write down what they want to buy... price, how much to spend, location, condition, REO or Notes (PN or NPN) and their exit strategy.
So, suppose the buyer writes " Nationwide up to 45+3, zero to light rehab and up to $400M purchase price" ... I then ask, " If I get these exact requirements and after the due diligence is done, the numbers are according to your specs, will you buy it?" ...
If they can't answer " YES" I tell them to get out of the business as they will never get any product through their lack of decision.
If they say " YES" , I send them an attorney engagement authority agreement which they must sign giving the firm the authority to reserve a tape to their specs for their later due diligence. When they sign that, the firm has the authority to receive a tape file at 9:00 am and reserve it at 9:05 am, if it is according to their specs.
This is how it is done when real buyers are connected to real sellers. If any broker who is trying to make this business work for them is not this close to either the buyer or the seller, they are actually wasting their time since the tape that is available will be reserved and off the table before they can make two phone calls to their " two away" friends.
I'm sorry to be so blunt here, But these are the facts and both Nova and I have the facts to prove it. My advice to every broker trying to get to a source (buyer or seller), is don't give up, but get direct or you will never get a check (or at best a 1/20 of $10,000... once in a while).
Respectfully submitted
John Dillon
President
C.A.R.E. Corporation
and the Law Firm of Nova Dean Pack
thecarenetwork@gmail.com