Simply Do It’s Typical Rental Purchase Process
Preliminary steps
- Hold an intro session with Simply Do It – FREE, 30-45 mins
- Sign Simply Do It’s program engagements docs
- Hold a kickoff session – approx. 45-30 mins
Purchase Process
- Review relevant properties
- Submit an offer
- Negotiated/agree on terms
- Get under contract – CRITICAL MILESTONE
- Start due-diligence period (typically 10 days)
- Agent to order an inspection
- Agent to open transaction’s title and an escrow account
- Buyer to send earnest money to escrow – typically w/in 2-3 days
- Buyer to make lender has fully signed purchase agreement
- Lender to order an appraisal
- The property manager (PM) gets a notification of property under contract + buyer’s name + address
- Agent to conduct an initial property walkthrough
- Inspection takes place
- Post-inspection re-negotiation (if required)
- If possible – the property manager to walk the property as well
- If all ok w/ the inspection and post-inspection items proceed w/ transaction
- The appraisal takes place (typically +/- 5 days before closing)
- Buyer to sign PM agreement
- Purchase-Closing of property
- PM to take keys
- PM to start work on the make-ready of the property
- PM to advertise property for lease
- Show property to prospects
- Receive application/s and run credit and background checks
- Sign lease w/ qualified renter
- Renter moves in