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the two main parts of a real estate  sophisticated investor is going to                     “
                                        deal are the deal and the money   want to know clearly these points
                                        to the buy the deal. Simple right?   and what they can expect point                    The best
                                        Yes, but so is hitting a forehand in  blank (Great movie). Preparation                investment
                                        tennis. My forehand compared to   also includes your team, the right
                                        Roger Federer? Pretty similar   team, the best team, who are                           on earth
                                        actually! okay, I’m lying right now.   trustworthy and will tell you the
                                        Simple looking but doing is a   truth. We have great lenders,                          is earth.
                                        different story. The Money and the  CPA’s, and great attorney’s who
                                        Deal.                          we trust and ask them a lot of                               ”
                                                                       questions to help structure the
                                        I’m going to simplify it for you.   right deal and like correction now,               Louis Glickman
                                        Preparation and Opportunity: Let   I want to be corrected.  Also, once
                                        me explain. Preparation is the   we find a structure that works,
                                        money or capital, and          do it over and over and over. Be
                                        opportunity is the deal. Both are   consistent with your deal structure
                                        equally important ladies and   and your preparation so you get
        When                            gentlemen. I hear this argument   quicker and more effective. John
                                        all the time. You need money first
                                                                       Maxwell says “consistency
                                        then the deal, or.. Do you need the  compounds” which is so good.
        Preparation                     deal first to attract the money? The
                                        answer is both are #1’s and equally  Next #1 is Opportunity, the deal.
                                        important. I am reading Relentless  You need to know what is a good
        meets                           right now by Tim Grover, my first   deal and what is not a good deal,
                                                                       if you don’t know or if you pencil
                                        lesson from Tim was how he
                                        numbered his chapters.  Here is a  it and you still don’t know, its not
                                                                       a good deal and don’t go there.
                                        guy who trained Michael Jordan,
        Opportunity,                    Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, etc.   Don’t ever go there because you
                                        All his chapters are #1’s. All equally  can get into trouble. It needs to be
                                                                       great deal to buy it or there needs
                                        important, then I realized the
        Miracles                        importance of preparation and   to be a great reason to buy it. We
                                        opportunity, and as I realized the
                                                                       sold a building to an investor early
                                        importance of it in real
                                                                       this month and we did great, and
                                        estate.  That night, I was reading   she felt like she got a good deal,
        happen in                       his book and flipped the next   win win. One of our clients sold
                                                                       us the deal and he felt like he got
                                        page in his book and he talked
                                        about preparation and opportunity,  a good deal. Deal points are key
        Real Estate                     wild I know but true story. We all   and you need to know what is
                                        know the saying when
                                                                       important to you on each deal and
                                        preparation meets opportunity,
                                                                       what are the numbers that you
                                        miracles happen. Well, its true and  need to hit or you will walk away.
                                        they happen everyday. We just   We have to stay disciplined as
        ANDREW LANGSFORD                need to be prepared and do the   investors, as leaders, as people.
                                        hard work to find the deal.    The most important deal point for
                                                                       me is Net Operating Income or
                                        So, #1 is preparation, you have to   NOI. To increase NOI we need
        Learning is such a great thing. My   be prepared for the deal. In order  to increase rents and decrease
        favorite thing to learn in the world  to do this you need to know what   expenses and this comes down to
        is to be a better husband. I have a  you are doing and how you will   the plan of action and
        loooong way to go, let me be real!  structure the deal, take the time to  implementing it with excellence.
        Happy wife happy life right? so   structure your deals correctly. Are
        true. I am a work in progress but I   you investing all your   To the right is a breakdown of
        digress, I want to talk about   money or are you going to      what I created when preparation
        learning to better our craft in in-  partner? syndicate? if partner,   meets opportunity in real estate,
        vesting in real estate. To me,   whats your splits and why? A   and miracles will and do happen.


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