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The Benefits pg. 34
I can’t tell you how many times I have seen this play
out with my students. Properly documenting your past
performance in your credibility report will go a long
way in securing new lenders. As a great way to
demonstrate your performance is to invite your lenders
and potential new lenders to your projects both before
you get started with the project and after it is
completed.
During this time you can share with them both the
initial expectations and how the final results compared.
Just think how powerful this can be. During this
exchange, if the specific performance you were
planning was not completely achieved, you should
elaborate on the root cause. Evaluating lessons learned
can be a great way to mitigating future errors on the
next project.
Have an Exit Strategy
As part of your overall project or business plan, you
may need to consider your exit strategy from the private
lender in advance of moving forward with them. There
are generally a few options to consider when exiting
private money that include:
• Selling the property upon completion of a
renovation, the lender will be paid from the proceeds
(this is common with a rehab and flip project).
• Refinance the property with a cash out conventional
mortgage (this is very common on a holdtorent
property).
• Repaying the loan from the sale of other assets or
investment sources.
In conclusion, building a solid base of reliable private
lenders will help set the stage for you to respond very
quickly to the opportunities presented, This can clearly
be the path for you to scale the business as large as you
want! Once the people in your network actually see that
you have the bandwidth to move forward they will
bring you even more opportunities. ♦
Carl Schiovone is a Performance Coach with over 33
years of experience and is President of Carl Schiovone
& Associates Real Estate Coaching Inc. In addition
Carl is the President of East Coast Real Estate
Investors Association. For information, visit
http://EastCoastREIA. net or http://CarlSchiovone.com.
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