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How does a Deal Finder score incoming deals against a buy box?
A Deal Finder underwrites MLS and off-market deals against your buy box and stages them from new to in review to under contract. You only spend time on the ones worth pursuing.
Most incoming deals die in a spreadsheet. A VA screens one listing at a time. The numbers get typed in after the fact. By the time a property is worth a look, it is often gone.
What does the buy box do?
The buy box is the rule set you already use to say yes or no: price, beds, location, rent-by-room spread, and whatever else you will not break. The Deal Finder applies that box to every new MLS and off-market lead before you open the property.
| Before | After a Deal Finder |
|---|---|
| A VA screens listings one at a time in a spreadsheet | Scoring and underwriting sit on the deal before you open it |
| MLS and off-market leads live in different inboxes | Both land in one pipeline |
| Status is a note, or nothing | Staged new, in review, or under contract |
Has this been used on real deals?
Yes. A Deal Finder built for a coliving real estate investor, Christian F., put a Georgia property under contract, with a second offer out. The work it replaced was a VA screening deals one at a time in a spreadsheet.
Is this software you can buy, or a custom build?
It is a custom build. The buy box is yours. PillowMarkets is the self-serve tool for comparing markets before you buy. A Deal Finder is for investors who already have incoming deals and need them scored against their own rules.
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