On today’s show we are talking about a property that we placed an offer on, which is failing in due diligence. 

Failing in due diligence is one of two ideal outcomes. Of course we would prefer if a project met all of the criteria for investment, we would buy it at a substantial discount to the market value, and we would have lots of upside potential.

Anything less and we would rather pass on the opportunity.

The property itself has the potential to be a good investment opportunity. The artificial process that is being forced by the auction environment that the seller is trying to create is causing compounding the risks for the buyer. It’s that process which is compressing the timeframes and making proper due diligence impossible. 

I’m not at all worried about whether we could diligence the property and scope the remaining improvements. The property would need to be entirely rebranded and launched as a new offering in the market. The artificial constraints being imposed by the auction environment are disqualifying the property for us. Maybe said another way a cash buyer might have the appetite for the added risk, and perhaps in that sense, the auction process is disqualifying us as a buyer because we simply require more due diligence.

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