This post is my take on the situation that spawned Sue Ann’s post yesterday. We came across a prime example of a deal that is not a good deal for everyone, but we were still able to find a good solution for a distressed seller.
Carol knows a frustrated landowner whose last tenants left his house unlivable when he was forced to evict them. He wants out of the renting business but is willing to owner finance the house.
There is a reason it’s called “property management.” Despite my series of posts extolling the benefits of rental ownership, renting houses is a business. It’s risky, and it’s not for everyone.
Russell, Carol, Sue Ann, and I all evaluated the house to determine what we would be willing to pay for it. At the same time, the owner asked Carol to show the house to another investor who had approached him. Sounds weird, huh? We’re looking to buy a house, and the owner asks us to show the house to a competitor. And we did so without hesitation. Carol is a Realtor®, so that gives us one more tool to help distressed owners find an acceptable solution. So, no problem.
It turns out that the other investor was willing to pay slightly more for the house than Hermit Haus was, because he focuses on that particular part of town. But he still wasn’t willing to pay what the owner wanted for the house. The owner didn’t see either our offer or the slightly higher offer from the other investor as beneficial enough for him at the time.
So what is the best win-win solution? Continue reading
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