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ABOUT US
CHRIS PREFONTAINE
Chris is the Amazon Best Selling author of Real family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects
Estate on your terms – Create continuous cash (converting single family ranches to colonials in growth
flow now, without using your cash or credit. He’s neighborhoods).
also founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and
SmartRealEstatecoachPodcast.com. Chris has been a big advocate of constant education
and participates regularly in high end mastermind
Chris has been in real estate for 25+ years. His groups and consulting with private mentors. He runs
experience includes the construction of over 100+ his own buying and selling businesses with his family
single family and duplex homes (mostly 1990’s and team which buys 2-5 properties monthly so they’re in
selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives the trenches every single week. They also help clients
Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker / do the same thing around the Country.
owner which maintained high per agent standards
and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The Chris and his family/team have done over 80 million in
2000’s included coaching ½ million and higher realtors real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult
in order to scale & automate their business throughout and actually partner with students around the Country
US and Canada. He also participated (and still (by application only) to do exactly what they do.
selectively to date) in doing condo conversions (multi
NICK PREFONTAINE
In 2003 Nick was in a snowboarding accident that Now specializing in working with lease purchasers
left him in a coma for over 3 weeks. The Doctors told to get them into a home and on the path to home
his parents that he probably wouldn’t walk, talk or eat ownership. To get into any of our homes does not
on his own again. Less than 3 months later he was require credit. We look at your complete picture as a
running out of Franciscan. Now a Certified Infinite buyer and come up with a plan to get you into a home.
Possibilities Trainer Nick speaks to groups that benefit
from his message of overcoming adversity.
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KAYLA BEACH
Kayla Beach is General Manger of Operations for Pre Equestrian team by becoming the Assistant Coach/
Property Solutions and Chew Publishing, Inc. dba/ Manager and helped coach the team to a regional
Smart Real Estate Coach – helping manage over win as well as many individuals to Zone finals and
$20 mil in property between the family business and Nationals. Kayla currently resides in Newport, RI with
Associates around the country. Kayla has grown up her husband Zachary.
with a real estate background. She has been involved
with many raise the roof projects, rehabs and new She enjoys educating both sellers and buyers about
construction projects and also excels in detailed and the unique options the family company has to offer.
organizational work behind the scenes. Kayla graduated She also enjoys working with the Associates who are
from Notre Dame Academy in 2008 and continued seeking to develop their own real estate businesses.
her education at Johnson and Wales University to Her energy and skill sets are enjoyed and appreciated
study Equine Business Management/Riding. After by everyone she works with.
Attending Johnson and Wales her interest in helping
animals grew. She then went on to University of Rhode She continues to educate herself in the real estate field
Island where she was the Captain of the URI IHSA and has other entrepreneurial business interests with
Equestrian team for 3 years and graduated with a her husband and family members inside and outside of
degree of Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and the real estate industry.
Technology. Kayla continued her commitment to the
ZACH BEACH
Zach has been around the real estate business for over continue their REI business. He specializes in speaking
7 years. He has been a part of or has been mentored with Seller’s to find the best option for them. He helps
in a number of facets in the real estate world. Zach acquire 5-10 properties every month between family
graduated from Shrewsbury High School in 2008 business and Associates. It was a natural fit for him to
and continued his education at Bay State University be involved in this part of the business because at heart
to focus on Management/Marketing. He then took that he is a problem solver and people person. His skills in
knowledge and expanded it at UMASS Dartmouth to marketing and finance have allowed him to thrive in
major in Marketing as well as minor in Finance. While such a short period of time in this business.
educating himself throughout his college years he
worked in the restaurant industry. Zachary is always educating himself and is always
striving to become the best he can be. He is constantly
His current focus is helping our Associates from looking for ways to sharpen his skill set in order to
many backgrounds and situations, looking to start or educate others.
LAUREN BULK
Lauren grew up on Aquidneck Island with a love for She graduated from Salve Regina University in 2015.
soccer and giving back to the community. Her family During her time at Salve Regina she had success on the
has run and organized several events over the years Women’s Soccer Team and was even a captain by her
to benefit those in need. The charity that is close to senior year. She continues to stay involved in the sport
her heart is the 3 Angels fund. The 3 Angels fund by coaching the girls at her alma-mater high school.
raises money through donations and has a yearly
event which supports locals that are going through Currently Lauren is in charge of managing the database
cancer treatment. The money that is raised at the event and coming up with effective campaigns and systems
directly benefits those in need. It helps fund treatments to best help everyone that is involved with Smart Real
of those going through cancer and funds grants that Estate Coach. Whether you know it or not Lauren
help those less fortunate. The grants allow locals of probably had a hand in your involvement with Smart
Aquidneck Island to get the treatment that they deserve Real Estate Coach.
even if they have fallen on hard times.
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INTRODUCTION
“I’ve spent 25+ years in Real Estate in some capacity. My foray into the business started by tying up single lots with no
money and packaging a new construction home for sale and then having the lot owner wait until the closing of the home
to get paid; 10% of the sales price would be paid to us non-refundable to start the process – again with none of our own
funds. All the subcontractors would agree to wait until closing and the landowner would be cashed out at the very end
(closing) as well when our buyer got financing and we’d collect our profits then.
Real Estate is interesting because it can be super lucrative and simultaneously create financial havoc if you’re not careful.
I’ve learned some valuable (and quite costly) lessons along the way which you don’t have to walk through once you learn
the Sandwich Lease technique (Ultimately I want you to become a Transaction Engineer able to handle any and all deals.
Our coaching or one of our Associate Levels will insure this!) This is a fantastic and profitable technique for part-timers,
full timers, experienced, non-experienced, Realtors looking for an additional profit center (if you’re coachable!).”
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INTRODUCTION
Let’s get started… I’m going to be explaining different options you have within the Sandwich
Lease technique – one of many techniques we use to buy and see properties. For a full
explanation of our business, you can get my Amazon Best Selling Book – Real Estate in your
terms. Keep in mind we operate in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut primarily
so although this works anywhere, some of the legal and technical things may change in
your state. We coach, and mentor students in several different states. IF YOU ARE IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS, DO NOT THINK YOU CANNOT DO LEASE/OPTIONS. YOU CAN BUY
ON TERMS OR LEASE/PURCHASE AND YOU CAN SELL ON TERMS OR ASSIGN YOUR
LEASE/OPTION. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH AN EXPERT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
WHO HELPS US WITH ALL OUR TEXAS PROPERTIES. GET YOURSELF INTO COACHING
OR ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATE LEVELS ASAP SO WE CAN GET THAT GOING WITH YOU.
To avoid referencing the Resource section in the back of the book continuously, just know that
everything I mention for resources, tools or contacts can be found in that section. This alone
is worth $ thousands of dollars $ even if we never have a chance to meet. Each time I write
something that has a resource tied to it, you’ll see a ® next to it. You can also participate on
our Quantum Leap Systems Modules and that has all our training, resources and more for you.
Go to www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/Quantum-Leap-Video-Program/
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PROPERTY
OWNER/S
YOU
BUYER/S
A Sandwich Lease is created when you put a home under agreement via a lease/purchase
document and then turn around and sell the home via lease/purchase (the market statistically
searches by and understands “Rent to Own” but it’s the same thing) to your buyer. By doing
that you’ll create a Payday #1 when you secure your buyer, and accept a nonrefundable
deposit, a Payday #2 monthly as they pay their lease monthly and you keep the difference
between that and your payment out to your Seller and their bank and a nice juicy Payday #3
on what I call the back end which is when your buyer gets financing and cashes you out. You
will have the option (and in Texas a must) to assign the contract back to your seller and only
have Payday #1 but more on that later. Our average Payday #1, “Assignment Fee” (we call
those deals ‘AO’ meaning Assign Out) as of this writing is just under $28,000. How many of
those Paydays do you need monthly?
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The 3 Paydays is my ideal setup, but sometimes if you don’t see a monthly and/or back end
possibility (we teach you how to determine that in our Coaching & Mentoring ® of course)
the deal can still be very lucrative with just Payday #1 by simply procuring your tenant/buyer,
assigning them back to the seller and keeping a nice juicy assignment fee. Our average in 2014
was $10,800, in 2015 approached $15,000 and our average this year is approaching $28,000
as we get smarter and smarter over time! Think about what I just shared with you – we
show you how to do your own Sandwich Lease deals and you average $10k-$30k per deal…
hmmmm…how many of those do you need monthly? At the time of this writing we do 2-4 per
month and another 4-10 monthly with students around the country through our consulting and
Associate Levels. For more on that, check out our free webinar any time at
www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/webinar/
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There are several reasons that I’ve seen in doing these, but here are a few along with the
structure you would use. Take a few minutes now to flip to Appendix A and review the
document there that we email to sellers explaining terms to them after our initial contact with
them. Keep in mind that as you do these you will have equitable interest in the home protected
by a Notice of Option recorded on the property and you’ll do so with NONE of your own funds.
This document by itself will get you more deals by simply emailing it to your sellers as a follow
up to a mailing or live chat. That’s available in the document section of the Membership Area.
Let’s look at some scenarios:
Long term lease/purchase ® whereby the principal reduces and the market increases over
time for you. Seller thrilled to have mortgage taken care of.
Same as over leveraged example above but the term doesn’t have to be quite as long. You
can determine how long by checking the approximate principal pay down monthly on the
mortgage and then just calculate how many years you’ll need based on the profit you want
to create on the back end. I personally don’t do the Sandwich Lease deals unless the total
profit exceeds $50,000 counting the 3 Paydays I mentioned in the intro but you will make
your own decisions. Our average (as of this writing) for all three Paydays is approximately
$73,000.
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WHY WOULD A SELLER SELL TO YOU VIA LEASE/PURCHASE AND NOT JUST
SELL OUTRIGHT? (CONTINUED)
SCENARIO #3: SELLER HAS TRIED TO SELL FSBO (FOR SALE BY OWNER) OR WITH
A REALTOR AND FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS HAS NOT HAD SUCCESS. OUR
VA (VIRTUAL ASSISTANT) CALLS ALL OUR FSBOS AND SENDS US COMPLETED
INFORMATION SHEETS. YOU CAN FIND THEIR CONTACT INFO UNDER INVESTOR
RESOURCES ON HTTP://WWW.SMARTREALESTATECOACH.COM
Our #2 deal source is Expired listings (homes that were with a realtor and didn’t sell) and
are a great lead source because they’re already frustrated and many already formed a less
than positive opinion about their Realtor or Realtors in general (I know this because I was
a realtor and broker / owner for over 18 years). These tend to be faster to act than a FSBO
that clearly thinks they can see on their own or would not have started as a FSBO.
SCENARIO #4: SELLER HAS NO DEBT ON THE HOME AND JUST WANTS TOP
DOLLAR AND DOESN’T MIND WAITING TO GET THAT
This goes for any of the other scenarios as well. We’ve done many properties that were
100% debt free and they were over $500,000 homes. These are nice because you can
do owner financing with terms (a different book and different seminar! ®) as well as the
Sandwich Lease Option. I have to say, even though this book is focused on lease/options,
my favorite strategy by far is owner financing with 100% principal payments monthly.
Learn more in my Amazon Best Seller, Real Estate On Your Terms.
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WHY WOULD A SELLER SELL TO YOU VIA LEASE/PURCHASE AND NOT JUST
SELL OUTRIGHT? (CONTINUED)
SCENARIO #5: BURNT OUT LANDLORDS (SEE EXAMPLE 58W BELOW) ARE
ALWAYS A GREAT SOURCE.
Long term lease/purchase ® whereby the principal reduces and the market increases over
time for you. Seller thrilled to have mortgage taken care of.
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I could write a book just on the stories we’ve heard from buyers and we absolutely love
helping them get into homes and solving their challenges, but here are just a few to give you
an idea of who your market is as well as some specifics we’ve worked with. It will help you
also to review our video on How Does Rent to Own Work? You’ll find one on the home page
and a lot more info on the Buyer Q&A page of http://www.prepropertysolutions.com. (By the
way, if you are a Coaching Member, or one of our Associate Levels, you have 100% access to
all the videos you see for buyers and sellers on http://www.prepropertysolutions.com because
we private label them for you so you can add your logo for your website. This completely
automates your the for you.) You can apply for one of our Associate Level Programs on our
website.
• CREDIT CHALLENGES. Many things cause this but those buyers that don’t have a long
term challenge with this (in other words, a life event happened rather than poor habits
or poor discipline) are some of the best and also the fastest to fix ®.
• Death
• Identity theft
• Spouse abusing credit
• Family member abusing credit via consignor or other
• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
• SEASONING. Sometimes banks want to see more time on a job if moving to another
State or changing a profession. Some of these buyers are the best because it’s not a
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credit issue and many of them have great credit and just need time. We recently had a
landscaper move to RI from NY and needed seasoning as well as two young buyers that
were finishing law school and needed seasoning. The latter put down over $30,000 on
a home that we assigned back to the owner and gladly collected a $15,000 assignment
fee. We now keep 30% of the deposits when assigning back, but that came over time
and is one of the many Increasing Profits videos you’ll see in the Membership Area!
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REAL SANDWICHES
Let’s review just a few deals that we have done to give you a sense of where the deal came
from, the supporting facts and built in lessons and the profits involved. We’ll change the real
address for privacy reasons. Many more like this are broken down on a whiteboard for you on
the free site as well as the YouTube channel and the Quantum Leap Systems Modules.
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I met with the seller and found out she owed approximately $170,000 with a monthly payment
including PITI (principal, interest, taxes and insurance all in one payment) of approximately
$1290 and the market at the time did not bring her, her asking of $185,000. Her goal was
to sell, pay the commission and expenses and move to another state. We structured a lease/
purchase for no money down (always) and a purchase price at the end of 48 months of the
exact mortgage balance remaining. We calculated that balance to be reducing at the rate of
approximately $400/month so after 48 months the balance remaining will be approximately
$150,800.
EXIT: SOLD ON A LEASE TO OWN FOR $199,900 WITH $15,000 DOWN AND $1600/
MONTH. Remember the 3 Paydays I mentioned earlier?
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The Paydays are nice, but think about the seller we helped move along to Florida and enjoy
herself without worrying about her mortgage that, by the way, stays in her name until cashed
out of course. Think also about the buyers who we helped who had almost given up on the
home ownership dream and thought there was no answer for them. They’re currently in credit
repair ®.
*** As of the revision of this ebook, there’s an interesting update on this deal: Aside from the
existing financing with principal pay down this is probably my 2nd most favorite strategy.
Taking a present sandwich lease now that your seller is comfortable with you paying the
mortgage monthly, trusts you, etc. and convert to getting the deed (“Subject To”). We now
have the deed on this home and frankly don’t care how long the buyer takes to get financing
because now we have the benefit of longer term principal pay down. Coincidentally, the buyers
have divorced and the husband is still there, has improved the home, built a nice fence around
the property and is definitely staying long term. He’ll let me know if he gets financing but, in
the meantime, he’s paying off our home! Our back end Payday #3 just grew dramatically!
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This lead came from our VA and it was a FSBO. I met with the seller and found out he was
not stressed at all and did not owe anything on the home which was worth approximately
$900,000. Clearly he did not need me in the middle (meaning staying in the sandwich lease)
so we openly discussed us simply finding the tenant/buyer and assigning this back to him (AO)
for an assignment fee.
We found a tenant / buyer, got them prescreened ® and arranged a $40,000 down payment.
Our assignment fee for all this hard work is $22,500. In hindsight we could have and should
have negotiated a higher one (we do now as I mentioned above) with the seller but he’s
already referred us to others so we’re OK with the $22,500 assignment fee.
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This was a FSBO. He is an accountant who used to live in the property and then when he
moved out with his family he rented it out and he ended up with nightmare tenants (one of
the many reasons I don’t do rentals- rent to own with skin in the game only). I tied up for the
balance of the mortgage at the end of 9 years. I want you to think about that- up to 9 years
to close it out with principal of approx. $325/month paying down (and growing monthly but
for the math I’ll use that as a fixed so the profit will be conservative) on a $1340 per month
payment. The balance when I started was $172,000. I sold it for $220,000 to a nice couple
who live in one unit and they placed their parents and grandparents in the other unit so they
have the entire property for $1950-a $610 monthly net cash.
The two family is an interesting one within this strategy because you can run it as a regular
rental if you want to, short term, then convert to rent to own. I just don’t like the headaches of
regular rentals.
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I wrote the lease on the sell side for 5 years but I won’t push them to cash out. Why not 9
years if I had 9? Well, the 5 gives me a chance to collect another deposit if they have not
cashed me out but let’s use 5 years for the cash out to be conservative. Alternatively we could
increase price…or both.
$36,600 in paydown of principal, $11,000 down and a spread of $48,000 at back end.
Did you do the math on that one? $95,600 total profit if it only goes 5 years. If it goes
longer…well you get the point right!
Typical time for us to bring a new home on and get it sold is 5-120 days and the longer ones
are usually the higher end but not always. The monthly amount dramatically influences that as
that is what the buyers primarily pay attention to. You’ll find your sweet spot in your market
and/or with our help and the sooner you do the faster turnaround times you’ll have and the
quicker and more frequent the Paydays will be.
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As in any business, you must bring in leads. Lead generation is the lifeline to any business in
any industry. Listed below are some typical seller sources so how do you get to those? You
can totally automate this step in the process by having a VA (virtual assistant)® make your
calls for you. Our VA emails us on average 15 leads per week and we generate another 10-15
in house weekly. When you work with us we will define EXACTLY how many leads you need
weekly to convert to your financial goals. Just to give you a taste of how that works: it takes
on average 30 leads to get a check (10 to get an appointment and 7 to get a contract-yup, we
know our numbers!) Let’s take a look at where We get our leads here ® (you’ll want to go now
and download the free Special Report Gather Your Nuts for a complete lead generation report.
• VA Calling Expireds
• VA Calling FSBOS
• Me or my staff calling Expireds
• Me, my VA’s and our staff calling FSBOS
• Field agents finding FSBO signs for you
• Family or Friends calling locating FSBO signs
• Yellow letter mailings to targeted lists ®
• Drive bys
Your VA can source the FSBOS or you can source the FSBO’s and send them to your VA to
call. In addition to the resources you’ll see listed in the back of this ebook and in the Special
Report for lead generation, you can personally recognize properties in your area by taking
different routes while driving each day instead of the same roads or highways. What can you
look for? You can look for FSBO signs, run down properties, properties with handicap ramps
(build a relationship for future sale with a handwritten note, yellow letter or formal letter) and
even land but that’s another course! If you have not gone through our Land – The Hidden Profit
Center Home Study Course, you’re missing out on more profits – grab it today! It’s free with
the Associate Levels.
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You simply use the basic Property Information Sheet that I’ve been using for years and I
borrowed it from one of my mentors. We’ve since improved it and, not only does the form ®
have the info you need, but it also has some scripting right on it. The difference between a
strong lead and a dud will be determined by these facts and until you have these, you just don’t
know:
Keep in mind that you will be doing these calls and/or your VA. At this point in my business, as
I mentioned above, my family/kids run almost all of the buying and selling of our properties.
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This is where the fun starts! These sellers are going to be in one of
Four buckets as I refer to them: (More about “buckets” in Real Estate on your terms)
You can turn any one of those buckets into a deal once you understand how to construct the
right offer. Obviously when you work in our Coaching or one of our Associate Levels, you will
be structuring these along side myself and my team so your learning curve will be dramatically
shortened!
On the property information sheet one of the questions is whether or not they’ll take payments
on their equity or do a lease/purchase with you. If they want some large down payment that
seems too high for you, you can still do the deal using the simple assignment option and if
they’ll take little money down and accept a low down payment, you can structure a nice owner
financing deal. For the sake of this ebook we’re going to stay with the lease/purchase or simple
assignment option but I cannot resist giving you two examples that I did with the same owner
with properties side by side. Incidentally, this deal came to me while training a student and
giving them some of my leads to call. He called, got the appointment, sat with me to structure
the offers and then met with the seller and wrapped the deal up for us.
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The seller owned these two and wanted to retire to a different state. One home had no
debt and one was over leveraged. The one with no debt we structured a purchase price of
$165,000 with no money down and monthly principal only payments of $850 and actually
took title to the property – we now own it. We turned around and installed a great tenant/
buyer with $8000 down (remember we didn’t put any down but paid the sellers’ closing costs
so we spent approximately $1800 leaving $6200 net Payday #1) and $1250 in monthly lease
payments so a nice spread for Payday #2 of $400. Sales price is $183,000. We have a five
year balloon due on the mortgage so we structured a 48 month lease purchase. Let’s review
this one:
A nice total of the 3 PAYDAYS OF $76,200 primarily driven by the aggressive principal only
pay down.
The 2nd home he had next door was structured as a typical lease purchase. He had a mortgage
on it that was higher than what I was willing to pay. Therefore, we basically said we’ll take
the price we agreed upon of $145,000 and we’ll chart the monthly principal pay down of his
mortgage he’s paying (he’s paying more than I’m paying him monthly which is only $800)
which is approximately $300/month and that will be my credit off of the $145,000. This one
was structured with a 5 year or earlier like the one he had next door so we installed a tenant
buyer for $1250 monthly and a sales price of $155,000 with $5000 down for 48 months.
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Let’s play out the scenario of the first property we did with owner financing if the seller had
said to me – I want $1200/month and I want a few thousand down with a selling price of
$180,000.
What could I have done? I could simply put it under agreement with the understanding that
there’s not enough monthly spread or back end equity so I would simply assign the buyer
back to him and collect an assignment fee. The reason that would not have worked for him is
because, remember, he was leaving the state and did not want to deal with it. When you let the
seller speak and fill out the property sheet (or your VA does) you find out things like this that
will help you know how best to structure the deal.
Let’s transition now to bucket #2 – houses with a mortgage but plenty of equity. I’m working
on one at the time of this writing that I intend to put under agreement this week so I’ll use that
for the example.
This home is in Massachusetts and came to me via a fully filled out property sheet from my VA.
Seller was FSBO and asking $325,900. My comps show a range of $335,000-$355,000 so I’ll
probably go on at $365,000. She owes approximately $75,000 on it, is a physicist and lives a
few hours away from this property in New York and doesn’t want to worry about it or deal with
tenants. My offer to her is $1500/month with a $300 credit to principle (I gave her $325,900)
and a 48 month cash out date. I’ll sell for $365,000, $2000 monthly and a 36 month term.
I’m still working on this so ask me how it ended up working out by the time you’re reading
this! Reference “Westfield Property” when you ask or check the video lesson on http://www.
smartrealecoach.com and the code on it will be 67 PRW.
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My projected Paydays:
Again, this is projected only but on the top of my mind as I write this so projected 3 Paydays =
$67,900 I know you’re going to ask me about how this worked out so my goal is to beat those
numbers I just gave you.
Now let’s look at bucket #3 – property has a mortgage and just a little equity. For the sake of
simplicity I won’t give you all the math on this one but this is quite common and we have done
many of these during the last 12 months.
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Before I outline how they get some equity out, let me say that we try to get it for what they owe
so the key question is will you sell it for what you owe? If they say yes, you can structure the
basic lease purchase by paying their exact payment (we are currently paying on approximately
50 mortgages like this) provided you know that you can get some spread above and that it is
marketable. Not for this book, but the alternative to that is just taking the deed subject to their
existing mortgage so you own it and fully control it.
As stated earlier, but worth emphasizing again - we’ve actually combined these strategies as
well. As a review, here’s how that works. You start out with a lease purchase and over time
the seller gains confidence in your ability to pay their mortgage monthly; you then call and ask
if you can just prepare a deed for them to sign and get notarized. We did that on two this year
so far and intend to do a few more. Before you do the subject to you want to make sure the
seller is clear that the loan stays in their name. We have a CYA document ® that we use for
these that we’ve revised over time and there’s no ambiguity once they sign it. This is very, very
important.
The last bucket is the over leveraged home. Think about the market for these as there are still
so many sellers in this bucket who think they’re stuck and you have a solution.
Over leveraged,remember, are houses where the seller owes more than it’s worth. I’ve done
many of these and the key to these is getting a long term lease/purchase of taking the deed
subject to. A long term to me is 7+ years and the last two I did were 9+. You can even do for
the remaining term of the mortgage. Let’s use a simple example:
• $220,000 value
• $240,000 mortgage
• $1700 payment
Depending upon what market you’re in, you’ll have to determine if there’s any spread possible
on that $1700 payment but in my market with a $220,000 value I couldn’t squeeze a spread of
$300+ on that and that is typically my minimum. What can you do with this one? Simply find
them a buyer and assign it back to them and collect a juicy assignment fee. On the other hand,
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I’m doing one right now which started as a lease purchase but this coming week we’re taking
the deed and the two mortgages total $240,000, the value is approximately $220,000 but the
payment is only $1400. I will be able to get $1700+ for it so I’m ok staying in it and of course
taking the deed helped my decision.
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As I was writing the section about you presenting offers to the sellers in the four different
buckets, I kept thinking about follow-up and the importance of it, so I feel compelled to share it
with you here.
Many of our deals come from the follow up. I wish it was as simple as getting the lead sheet
from the VA, booking the appointment and putting the home under agreement (it sometimes
is but it’s the exception not the rule), but so many deals come together only after the proper
follow up.
Here are some bullet points off the top of my head as I think through the system we use to
follow up:
• SELLER SAYS YES ON THE PROPERTY SHEET BUT THE TIMING IS NOT RIGHT NOW.
That could be they want to try to sell on their own first (all FSBOS remember think they
can sell or they would not be a FSBO so let them try and come back to you) and use you
as a backup and to that I say to them – Look I understand if you can sell tomorrow for cash
that’s your best option, but if you don’t use us as a backup. I then email them my document
about how lease purchase works and the advantages and I stick it in a 30 day follow up
file.
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Follow up is key but keeping too many junk leads in your files will only bog you down and
slow down progress and even make you miss some motivated sellers as you get smothered in
paperwork. You can listen to some of my live follow up calls in the QLS Modules that will give
you a great sample of our scripting. As a QLS Participant, you also have full access to our 10
(as of this writing) form letters for follow up covering each status (i.e. VA Call no call back, VA
call wants cash only, Expired no call back, etc.). After 2-3 attempts with no answer, you fire
off one of our done-for-you form letters. We get call backs on these 6 months, 1 year and even
two years back.
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Unfortunately, in business – any business and any industry – will see people who are unethical
and out to hurt people. We have seen this over the years in the banking industry and financial
planning industry as well as Real Estate. As a result, you will want to make sure you do all you
can to put yourself in the right position that screams credibility.
Of course, that starts by you doing the right thing and truly helping people which is one of the
reasons my son and I love doing these transactions. We have each repeatedly said to each
other – it’s such a positive business when we can help sellers by purchasing their property
they felt stuck with and helping buyers who felt they lost the dream of home ownership. We
love the positive energy and you will as well.
We had a buyer once who called on a home of ours. That home already had one applicant in
the system with us and as our Receipt Agreement ® brilliantly says, we can continue to take
applicants and binder deposits until we accept one. At that time, those not accepted of course
receive their deposit back.
Here’s what happened. That buyer went to view the home and while there, ran into the person
who already applied and put down a $1000 binder. This person wrongly assumed we were
doing something incorrect and collecting deposits and signing leases with multiple people. Of
course we didn’t, couldn’t and wouldn’t but that was their impression. How did I know this?
That second buyer booked an appointment to come to our office and apply and put down
a binder and as I waited for two hours and realized they were a no show, I got a text that
basically said something like You guys are a scam, you’re illegal and I checked and you’re not
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even registered with the Better Business Bureau. OUCH that hurt my ego and my feelings and I
wish we could have explained properly but it was past that stage.
We always try to turn an experience into a learning lesson so out of that experience we did
three things so you can do these and avoid this same scenario:
1. We joined the Better Business Bureau and you’ll see that now on our website and social
media accounts http://www.PrePropertySolutions.com. We applied to get accredited status
because anyone can join. We have an A+ rating and actually were asked to do a video on
the BBB site which we did. So many people have commented that one thing on our site
was a major deciding factor in dealing with us. Many of our Associate Members have also
achieved accredited BBB Status and we can assist you.
2. We joined the local chapter of Chamber of Commerce and posted that on our site and
social media accounts.
3. When we meet buyers we’re super clear verbally and in writing in drawing their attention
to the wording on the application receipt agreement ® that we are taking other applicants
until such time we accept someone. We also encourage them to get resourceful with their
deposit because that may push immediate acceptance (typically for 10% deposit we’ll pull it
off the market immediately so they know they’re done and accepted).
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There are a few different pathways to take to insure you success. You can do it all alone
starting from scratch and buying different trainings and stumbling and falling, learning and then
you’ll eventually profit.
Alternatively, you could follow a proven path with guidance. One example is how we Train and
Mentor. I’ll use Cavan for an example. Cavan was in the military in my home town and had a
goal to leave the military after 9 years and wanted to make that transition into full time Real
Estate before relocating. Cavan joined the Coaching & Mentoring program ® and I specifically
walked him through a custom plan to meet his goals. His particular plan included a Home
Study Course, time with me by email and phone and a seminar. Keep in mind he was brand
new to civilian life as he says it.
“It is hard to quantify the value Chris Prefontaine has added to my life as someone that was
already passionate about real estate. Working with Chris, I was able to figure out an investment
strategy that seemed entirely too far fetched on paper. However, within the six months that
he tirelessly worked with me, I was able to turn a creative real estate investment concept and
turn it into an entire business model. I have done other coaching programs, but never before
have I had one actually pay for most out-of-pocket expenses throughout the term. Chris will
deliberately walk you through acquisition, deal structuring, marketing for buyers, and closing
the deal. Expect to talk to sellers and buyers live, and receive actual feedback from Chris,
who is an investor doing deals like these every single week. Consider coaching with Chris an
investment, and one that can and will pay for itself if you diligently apply yourself during the
term. Even long after coaching has ended, I still consider Chris a mentor, and receive advice
from him on most deals I’m doing on my own.” Oh and at the time of me writing this I just
picked up a nice $12,000 check from my last closing! Thanks Chris!”
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“My name is Sean Hannigan. I’ve been a police officer for the
past 19 years in the suburbs of Philadelphia. In April of 2015, I
was looking for an eventual exit strategy from the police force
and a post retirement business plan. I had an interest in real
estate investing and I knew from prior business experience
with Chris Prefontaine that Chris had a wealth of experience
in the real estate industry. In April 2015, I started in a
coaching program with Chris personally.
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Property
5 BR, 4.5 BA Colonial in a well-established, desirable community in Howard County, MD. Built
in 2000, it contains close to 6,000 sf with a 3-car garage.
Seller Situation
The seller had listed it in July 2017 at $869,000. After several months and a price drop, the
seller switched to the #1 real estate agent in Howard County at $850,000 in October. In
December, at the recommendation of the realtor, the seller took it off the market for the winter,
and that’s when I contacted her through a Slybroadcast. She was intrigued by the fact that we
are buyers not realtors so no commission aspect and the fact we’d be marketing to a larger
segment of the buying public, and she agreed to accept $825,000 if we were successful in
securing a tenant buyer (Payoff of mortgage plus $71,000 cash)
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Deal Structure
This was a sandwich lease, 2 year term
1st Payday
7.5% of purchase price, or $65,000
2nd Payday
We pay Seller $4,285 per month, we collect $4,503 rent per month or $218 per month x 24
months = $5,232
3rd Payday
None, as we’re collecting everything up front and scheduled payments in Payday 1
In summary, we sell for $869,900, our costs mortgage payoff is $816,000, so profit is $53,900
+ cash flow of $5,232 = $59,132 total profit.”
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LEARN MORE
We have a FREE webinar that you can sign up for on our website.
The “Real Estate On Your Terms” webinar will give you a good intro into how we’re able
to do 24 deals/month out of our small family business. When you buy the QUANTUM LEAP
SYSTEM MODULES you will get a 15-minute Strategy Call With Chris.
support@smartrealestatecoach
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RESOURCES ®
Links & General That We Use. Current List is always here:
http://www.smartrealestatecoach.com/investor-resources/
• http://fsbo.com/ • https://www.buyowner.com/
• http://www.virtualfsbo.com/ • https://www.zillow.com/
• https://byownermls.com/ • http://www.vflyer.com/ (create
• Valuemls.com (Seller-no lookup one flyer and it posts to other sites
capability – list on MLS for fee) for you)
• https://www.militarybyowner. • https://www.oodle.com/
com/ (we live in a military • Postlets.com
community so this applies to our • https://www.trulia.com/
area)
This is our latest Lease/Option form. There are variations of this of course (sometimes we
guarantee and remove the “option” to terminate, sometimes we make contingent upon finding
buyer and other times we don’t). Please make sure you consult your own local attorney as we
are not lawyers and not advising you in any way.
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