Real Estate Investors Need A Purposeful Plan And One Sharp Dirt Lawyer

Posted @ 9:45 pm - Filed under 1031 Exchanges, Real Estate Investing, Purposeful Planning, Real Estate Brokerage, Buying Income Property, Investment Lessons, RE Investment Practice, Real Estate Law

So many folks in brokerage end of real estate talk about teams. Investment real estate by necessity brings the concept of a team or teams nearly to an art form. Back in the late ’80’s I was forced into the whole team concept. Getting things done and done right was becoming problematic. This is irritating when representing buyers & sellers with their homes. When it comes to investment properties, problems can escalate beyond irritating faster than your radar gun can track in real time.

20+ years of team building and before you know it, yer kinda good at it.

I’ve always had access to real estate attorneys, as they can not only provide answers to thorny issues arising at exactly the wrong time, but also help you avoid myriad potential disasters altogether. See? Purposeful Planning. Asset protection is tossed around at the neighborhood BBQ (that’s BBQ grille for you purists) these days as if it was as easy as falling off a log. Did I say access to real estate attorneys? For Heaven’s sake, back in ‘77 when Brown and Brown opened for its first day of operation, one of the partners had a full head of blonde hair, and the other was not only a real estate broker, but — wait for it — a real estate attorney too.

Protecting assets isn’t, and should never be, an afterthought — au contraire.

David Stejkowski (pronounced however it makes you feel best) is a dirt lawyer. In fact, he’s The Dirt Lawyer — and beginning tomorrow will also be a contributor to these pages. He and I have been going back and forth for several months now, and I’m convinced he’s my best find in some years. I’ve been floating around using different real estate attorneys since my all time favorite died some time back.

We’ve also talked about the cost of the average real estate attorney, a subject near and dear to David’s heart. Brown and Brown clients will learn quickly how a The Dirt Lawyer can make things happen without tearing your wallet a new one.

David is the real deal — but I’ll let you decide for yourself.

All he does is investment real estate and related issues. Calling David a specialist is abusing the concept of understatement. I’ve closed millions of dollars of transactions. David? He’s closed billions of dollars in real estate transactions. Right — with a ‘B’.

We’ve already had several conversations, both by phone and email. He’s what I’ve been searching for the last several years. He’s also a principal in a brand new title company — but that’s an entirely different, albeit interesting post.

So look tomorrow for David’s first post — first as in ‘of many’.

Welcome to the team, David.

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