Acquisition Signal Resources // Catalog
All 35 tools, in journey order.
Seven Parts, one order. Each Part answers one question about your deal. Run the tools in a Part in order; each tool's Hands to line tells you the next one. One email unlocks every download. Tap a download and take it to the truck.
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Part A
Before you fall for anything
Is this deal even worth your time?
The Walk-Away Pact
Decide your walk-away price before you fall in love with the deal.
60-Second Deal Screener
Six numbers, one minute. If a deal cannot survive this page, it does not deserve a phone call.
5-Minute Mystery Shopper Script
Call the park like a tenant. What the office tells a renter is often truer than what the seller tells a buyer.
Capital Plan: Sources and Uses
Price, capex bids, reserve target. Know what the money does before you raise it.
Off-Market Sourcing System
County records and license lists. Find the sellers who never listed.
Local Market Benchmark Builder
Ten shopper calls become your market baseline. Screen every deal against real comps.
Part B
First contact
Who is the seller, and what do they need?
27-Question Seller Call Script
The questions that separate a real seller from a storyteller.
Seller Motivation Map
What the seller fears and what they need. Structure follows motivation.
The Team Roster
The right pro at the right time. Line up your team against the deal timeline.
Part C
The package
What did they hand you, and what is missing?
Broker-Package Intake Sheet
Log what you received, flag what is missing, label everything.
Evidence-Request List
The complete ask list. What to request, from whom, and what stays missing until it arrives.
Insurance and Property-Tax Preflight
The address and the assessor. Price the insurance and tax reality before it prices you.
Part D
Prove the numbers
Does the income exist on paper you can touch?
Mom-and-Pop Expense Normalizer
Restate the seller's expenses for the operation you will actually run.
The RV Expense Normalizer
The RV version: OTA and amenity lines included, nothing hidden.
POH/TOH Split-Valuation Worksheet
Park-owned and tenant-owned homes are two businesses wearing one price tag. Value them separately.
The Park-Owned Rental Valuation
Cabins and park models valued as rentals, not as lot rent.
Vacant-Pad Fill Calculator
What filling the vacant pads actually costs and actually returns.
The Transient-Site Fill Calculator
Transient sites, seasonality, and what the fill really earns.
Manager Tell-All Interview
The on-site manager knows where every body is buried. These questions get them talking.
The Rent-Roll Truth Check
Rebuild reported occupancy from deposits. The rent roll is a claim; this is the verification.
Rent-Roll Truth Check: RV Edition
The RV version: reservation exports, deposits, and tax filings.
RV Revenue Reality Check
Find what the revenue stabilizes at once the verified months are in.
Part E
Prove the ground
Does the physical asset match the paper?
Utility and Wastewater Diligence Sheet
The system nobody underwrites. Water, sewer, and electric before they become your emergency.
Part F
Decide and structure
Advance, retrade, pause, or walk, and on what terms?
The Offer Term-Sheet Builder
Build your terms before the broker builds them for you.
Red-Flag Triage Board
Sort every flag into watch, verify, or walk so nothing festers unlabeled.
Lender One-Pager
Your deal on one page, in the language a lender reads.
The EMD Countdown Tracker
Your earnest money has a clock on it. Track every date so none surprises you.
The Decision File
Every tool feeds one record. Your call, on the record: advance, retrade, pause, or walk.
Seller Note Anatomy
What the seller fears becomes the note structure. Terms they can say yes to.
Part G
Own it
How do you run it, review it, and keep records the next buyer will pay for?
First-30-Days Takeover Sheet
Day one is not the finish line. The first thirty days, sequenced.
Deals I Walked Ledger and Post-Mortem
Every deal you pass on, logged. Your calibration compounds.
Tenant Communication and Rent Playbook
What changes, what does not, and who hears it first.
Day-90 / Day-365 Operating Review
Review the operation against your day-one baseline. Twice.
Buy It So You Can Sell It
Keep the records the next buyer will pay for. You are always holding someone's future diligence file.
Advance, Retrade, Pause, and Walk are evidence-readiness labels. They are not recommendations, approvals, or advice.
Know what is true before you buy.
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