All Forum Posts by: John Moon

@Max T. that is a great advice. Thinking of it, even that small of a opening can have huge impacts of ease of going into the house from the right. 

@Mike McCarthy Theres a sewage drain immediately on the left of the driveway. Would this have any impact?

@Sharon Powell I would love to do a half circle! However, there isnt any room. The yard right of the driveway is the neighbors property and i do not want to build on it without getting their written permission. 

@Ryan Walker I did not even know that was a possibility! I will reach out to the utility pole company and see if theres any possibility of that. 

In terms of adding new pavement, does anyone have real life cost examples they have done? 

My current solution is to talk with the neighbor and get a binding lot adjustment done. I will keep this group posted. And also moving the mail box post.

This is a better image of what is actually happening. That car you see, will not be able to turn right. What personally do is go forward and back into the house. however, it is narrow so it maybe nerve wrecking for some. Also this is a main road where there is cars coming consistently. 

The right of the telephone poll is the neighbors yard.

It's the middle one with 187k the homes are slanted compared to the roads...

Got a Rancher Single family home that is in a good neighborhood, has a large backyard, that is full of potential. However, it is impossible to turn into the driveway when the house is on the right side of the road. The driveway is slanted 45 degrees instead of being a 90 degree driveway from the street. *It's easy to get into the driveway when the house is on the left side of the road.  

You might say I should expand the driveway entrance, but that isn't possible due to a electric pole to the right side of the driveway and the left side is a walk way to the entrance of the house. 

What are my options? How do you sell a home like this? What can I do to improve my changes of selling near ARV?

Thank you for the help fam!

Great questions everyone. I want to thank everyone who participated in this thread. I'm going to use these suggestions and tips and will keep trying! 

Hi Paul, could i get more detail about the property? You can send me info

@Michael Quarles Thank you for clarifying that.. i was going to go look at every seller's home. :) 

@Michael Quarles thanks for the answering, this is what I wanted to know! That script is awesome and I'm excited to try it out. 

Here's my reasoning in wanting to negotiate before seeing the property. It's similar to making offers sight unseen. I don't want to go there and do all the work knowing the seller and i are off 100k and they have no desire to come lower. 

How do you handle these cases? 

btw yellow letters saves me so many hours. Thank you for that! 

@Elizabeth Wilson That isn't a bad idea as i'm only sending out couple hundred per month and I don't get a crazy amount of calls back. 

@Joe Horan Most of the sellers did have a asking price. However, it was almost always above ARV imo. These are multi-family units so I'm looking strictly for cash flow. Because it's MFH I think sellers are harder to negotiate with due to us looking at how to price differently. But I do agree building rapport over the phone is difficult and building rapport is one of the most important aspect to get a deal to close.

Hi folks,

I'm getting call backs from my direct mail campaign and I've been following a script that I believe brandon turner posted. I get theri basic info, the unit details and when and how much they're looking to sell it for. However, when I hit that question, I feel the seller is always asking for too much. So far, I've been saying "ah man I don't know how I can pay that much for this property"  or some variation. At that point, the sellers "think about it and call me back." 

My question is, should I be asking about how much they're looking to sell before I go look at the property and evaluate it further? 

What are the natural transitions you guys make?