Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Two Top Tips for Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Investor
Many large commercial real estate investors rely on strong negotiating skills to get the conditions they want on a bargain. They are fast on their feet and know what they want to enter into the covenant. Good negotiators know what they are and are not willing to do when you go in a negotiation.
Commercial real estate allows for all kinds of terms to be discussed. There is the obvious price factor, but then there are advances, taking the second, holding the existing debt and mortgages, short-and long-term owner financing, conditional clauses and a host of other factors that can make negotiations very involved, and interesting.
Some deals are easy to both parties may agree on terms very quickly and sees eye to eye agreement. Alternatively, the terms are negotiated so simply that each party is willing to give a little 'for the welfare of both parties.
Then there are the deals that it is difficult, long and difficult to negotiate. When two parts simply do not see in your eyes, you can bet that the difficult negotiations can ensue. There may be factors that part will not be willing to move. These are known as bottom lines, are not willing to go further down or further negotiation of a problem. If the investor commercial real estate is tough, they are willing to walk with the agreement on the table. You can not engage the emotions or personal interests in many commercial real estate deals, because it makes for messy negotiations with the thinking and motivations unclear. You can bet that your decisions will not be supported by specific facts and justifications supported when personal emotions are involved. There is always another deal around the corner real estate business.
With the negotiations as an important subsistence and commercial real estate investor's success, it is strongly suggested that no one else does the negotiations. The person performing the operation should be a negotiation. It could be your lawyer or accountant there for consultation or support, but always do the negotiations. It will be much more effective.
There are two things you absolutely need to do when the head in a negotiation situation, regardless if you think negotiations are going to be easy or difficult. The first is to always be prepared with homework and research. The other is to take your time. These two points seem fairly obvious and simple at first glance, do not you think? I wonder why so many people refuse to do these two things before negotiating a commercial real estate transaction, or any agreement at all.
For example, you go to purchase a car without knowing what you want, what price you are willing to pay, and what the average purchase price was for the right machine for you? I hope not.
Coming preparation may require extra work on you and your team, but it is absolutely worth it when you want to make a deal happen. Understanding what the other side wants and what they are going to do with the results. Has had previous problems or future goals? How does this thing relate to these factors and what can one do to help or hinder their operations?
Maybe you can sweeten the deal with something they need or play ball difficult to raise an issue that will force them to swing in your favor.
How you handle the situation in another way? You have to know what you want and know their situation, even better than them. If you are not as prepared as you will certainly have the upper hand. With an understanding of their situation knows how to maneuver around them and get what you really want-no matter what.
The second suggestion is to take your time. Many people want to go and get the negotiations moving all over in a hurry. This is not to your advantage. You want to think of all the roads, to have time to think and the other party thinks of all the ramifications of the deal might have. If you need to pull a factor in your favor, it takes more and more time is spent negotiating, plus the other hand you realize that you are going to get what you want, or No Deal.
When you better understand the urgency, the real urgency of the other party (being prepared) you can better assess how to respond to their requests. Always take your time, take one step at a time and not rush. Top negotiators would say this is your best approach.
How did you do your commercial real estate negotiations? You find yourself not to be prepared and run through? Or you take the time to perform pre-trade research and negotiations vai calm, cool and ready to take things slowly.
Try these tips for trading and see how you can improve the result of your bids. Sell yourself and your needs and understand the needs of other parts of your best yet and probably will get a fine deal, or at least one that falls in your favor .......
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