1) Negotiate and sign the Property Management Contract
You have been working with your Property Manager throughout Due Diligence and the Finance Period. You share an intimate knowledge of this Property. It is time to put your working relationship into the formal Contract that will govern your relationship going forward.
We give you a list Property Management Contract Clauses to avoid and a set of clauses we recommend you put in every Contract. And we will show you why you have individual, property specific, Contracts even if you use a single management company for multiple Properties.
2) Maintain Property Performance
You must actively monitor the Seller's performance during the Contract Period to make sure the condition of the Property does not deteriorate in the 60 or more days between taking the Property under Contract and the Close. Without this active supervision of the Seller's Property Management activities … we guarantee the Property's performance will worsen in the months before the Close.
3) Property Prep For Closing
Your Property Manager must complete the tasks to smoothly transition the day-to-day activities of managing the Property to Their control at the Close. This is an extensive list of action steps that include setting up all reporting systems and hiring and training all on-site staff.
4) Equity Recruitment
You must complete the recruitment of Equity Investors into the Project. Their documents must be signed including Entity Documents and any additional documentation required by the Lender - and all the money needed for Closing must be in Escrow at the Close date.
5) Asset Management Plan
Complete the Business Plan for maximizing the Upside in this Property and get your Property Manager actively contributing and ready to go on day one of Your Ownership. Your Asset Management Plan exists on top of the routine activities of Property Management. These are the activities that maximize your ROI in this Property.
6) Final Approval Checklist
A final “Triple Check” of all assumptions and Entity structures. Our checklist is mandatory here.
7) Final Administrative Closing Activities
A checklist for the paperwork for Closing the Purchase to make sure all numbers are accurate and in line with your Contract. Again, a checklist is mandatory here.
We even give you a copy of an actual Commercial Settlement Statement with detailed explanation of EVERY Line Item and footnote.
8) Property Level Actions at Close of Escrow
The nuts and bolts of making sure nothing is left out at the actual Property site on Closing Day … like “who has all the keys?” This checklist makes sure you don't miss any of these steps on the Closing Day. Each is relatively simple and missing even one will be a Total Pain to You and your TEAM.
THE SYSTEM:
In addition to detailed training on all 8 points above ... We give you our 102 Item Master Closing Checklist to coordinate all these activities and give you the ability to Delegate to your TEAM to get the job done.