How to find the perfect investment property

Step 1: Discuss your investment goals

What would you like to achieve with your commercial real estate investments? What type of property do you think you would like to invest in? Office, industrial, retail, warehouse, multifamily or land development? What type and amount of funding are you able and prepared to devote to this endeavor? What skills and resources do you have to support the investment? What type and amount of time do you have available to commit to your real estate investment?

Step 2: Assemble the proper team to meet your unique needs

Real Estate Opportunity (REO) will evaluate your needs and address them on an individual basis. We will assemble a customized team of agents and staff to best achieve your investment goals.

We have the knowledge to do transactions in many fields of commercial real estate. Whatever your requirements, it is likely we have someone that has addressed the situation before or previously provided the service needed. If not, we have the extensive team knowledge to collaborate and address it effectively.

Step 3: Locate and evaluate properties that fit your goals

With our experience, we evaluate properties and situations according to what we have done personally at REO; incorporating what we have learned working at REO and what we have learned from others. We have a successful track record and are eager to share our skill sets with you—from having registered general contractors and professional property managers on our team to skilled maintenance specialists and well-rounded real estate agents.

We will examine all available property options that may fit your needs and use our broad-based management, leasing and maintenance resources to serve you. We can anticipate, identify and tackle almost any scenario in the real estate business!

Step 4: Negotiate property purchases

The REO team has negotiated thousands of commercial purchases and leases. We have the capability to help you get the best bang for your buck. We will develop a value-based target amount and negotiating strategy. We will also walk you through the strategy the entire duration of its path.

Step 5: Do your due diligence

Once we have located an excellent property and negotiated a price, REO will help you analyze everything you need to know about the property and its expected future. We will research current property lease agreements, all needed rent prorations from tenants, lease commitments and tenant deposits, property zoning, etc. The due diligence process is completed to prove presented information is true and whether a price needs to be renegotiated.

Step 6: Close on your property

We will ensure all your closing documents are complete, contracts are filled in properly and agreements are thoroughly understood. REO will review title work, title insurance commitments, deeds and other supporting paperwork as well as surveys, mortgages, prorations and deposit transfers. We will compare all closing documents to contract documents to ensure accuracy with closing the deal. We will write offers and negotiate contracts based on what we have researched and believe to be true.

Why Real Estate Opportunity?

We truly enjoy helping people and organizations find the perfect property and location to be successful and happy! We are highly competent in evaluating properties for your investment.

REO is a skilled, full-service sales and property management company designed to meet all your buying, selling, leasing and management needs. We currently manage a diverse portfolio consisting of over 400 rental units as well as over 750,000 square feet of commercial, office, industrial and retail space.

Established in 1989, our broker/owner, Jeffrey T. Keller, has been involved in real estate over 30 years and has extensive knowledge and experience in the industry. Jeff has been an integral part in closing over $100 million in real estate deals with REO and he genuinely enjoys helping mentor, assist and further develop some of the best commercial real estate agents in central Ohio and beyond!