Do you have a decision-making system for analyzing deals ?

[Kamil Lysik]

After years of working with developers and foreign investors — screening hundreds of properties and plots — I noticed one pattern:

Most investors don't fail because of bad markets. They fail because they don't have a repeatable system for making decisions.

They over-analyze good deals and under-analyze bad ones. They get excited, skip red flags, and end up stuck with a property that drains cash instead of generating it.

I've been working on a structured decision-making framework that helps you:

• Filter 80% of bad deals in the first 5 minutes
• Spot legal, financial, and technical red flags early
• Run a 5-question system before committing to any deal
• Analyze land, residential, and commercial properties differently

I'm considering turning this into a full course and want to make sure it's actually useful before I build it out.

Two quick questions for the community:

1. Do you currently use any kind of checklist or system when analyzing deals?
2. What's your biggest pain point when evaluating a property right now?

Genuinely curious — your answers will shape what I build. Thanks in advance 🙏

[Chris Lin]

My system is honestly pretty boring compared to what some people describe here.

I look at three things before I spend more than 30 seconds on a listing: price vs rent ratio (I want to see at least 0.8% monthly), neighborhood employment trends, and whether the seller's been sitting on it long enough to negotiate. If any of those are off, I move on.

The part that took me the longest to learn wasn't the math. It was knowing when to stop doing math. I used to burn entire weekends pulling comps on properties that were obviously bad if I'd just checked the rent ratio first. Now I filter hard up front so I only spend real time on maybe 5 out of every 200 listings.

After the numbers pass, I call a local agent and have them do a tour of the property and get their input. They know the street-level stuff no spreadsheet captures.

Biggest mistake I made early on was overthinking the analysis and underthinking the exit. Every deal I regret, I can trace back to "I didn't ask what happens if I need to sell in 2 years.