Market and asset
Name the cities, counties, neighborhoods, or ZIP codes you will consider. Identify the asset type, size, occupancy, condition, and key characteristics. Specific boundaries and deal breakers reduce avoidable back-and-forth.
Investor Property Criteria
Submit Your Real Estate Investor Buy Box
Share the property criteria, economics, and purchase capacity that make an opportunity worth reviewing for your business.
A Focused Acquisition Profile
How to Submit a Real Estate Investor Buy Box
A real estate investor buy box is a practical description of the properties you are prepared to pursue. It gives a deal-scouting or acquisition team a consistent first screen: where you buy, what you buy, the price or basis that works, and the conditions that make you pass. Rather than asking for every available lead, you identify the opportunities that deserve your attention.
Use this form to share current acquisition criteria. It may fit active investors, wholesalers with a buyer list, landlords, builders, and acquisition teams. Separate profiles are useful when a rental purchase, renovation project, development site, or wholesale exit needs different criteria.
Submitting criteria is not a commitment to purchase and does not make a property available. It helps potential opportunities be considered against the way you actually underwrite and close.
Build a Usable Screen
Define the decisions behind your criteria
Numbers and exit
State the purchase-price range, maximum basis, target equity, yield, margin, or other decision metric. Explain whether the plan is to renovate and sell, hold for rent, BRRRR, develop, assign, or pursue another exit. These inputs do not replace your underwriting.
Capacity and process
Describe how you expect to fund acquisitions, how many properties you can evaluate or close, who decides, and realistic timing. Capacity details help distinguish an active buyer from a general expression of interest.
Prepare Before You Send
Documents and working numbers to have ready
Bring enough detail to describe both your ideal opportunity and your limits. Exact figures can change as markets and capital plans change, but a current starting point makes the profile more useful. If a requirement is flexible, label it as a preference rather than a firm condition.
- Buying entity, primary contact, and decision-maker details.
- Target locations, including areas you will not consider.
- Property type, unit count or size, condition, occupancy, and age preferences where relevant.
- Purchase-price range, maximum basis, and the economics you use to assess a deal.
- Investment strategy, expected hold period, renovation scope, or intended exit.
- Proof of funds, lender information, or a concise explanation of the financing approach when available.
What Review Means
How your submitted buy box is used
First, the submitted criteria are reviewed for clarity and practical fit. If the market, asset, budget, or financing approach is unclear, follow-up questions may help establish a usable profile. A detailed submission does not guarantee that an opportunity will be identified, presented, or accepted.
When potential opportunities are considered, the stated requirements provide a reference point for the initial screen. They are not a valuation, appraisal, inspection, title review, legal opinion, or investment recommendation. You remain responsible for independently confirming condition, comparable sales, rent assumptions, zoning, access, title, liens, environmental concerns, contract terms, and every other item material to your purchase decision.
If you later seek capital for a specific transaction, that request is reviewed separately. Any financing or capital terms depend on the transaction, the information provided, the review process, and available capital. A buy box itself is not an approval or a commitment for funding.
Practical Constraints
Use criteria as a guide, not a guarantee
Strong criteria can narrow a search, but they cannot remove market risk. A deal may appear to fit on limited information and later fall outside your pricing, repair, title, financing, timing, or exit requirements. Off-market claims, seller statements, and preliminary property details should be verified before you rely on them.
Overly broad criteria can create noise, while requirements that are too rigid may leave few viable opportunities. Review your buy box when local pricing, construction costs, lending conditions, team capacity, or investment goals change. Updating your criteria is often better than evaluating leads against outdated numbers.
Common Questions
Submit Your Buy Box FAQ
Is this form for submitting a property I already have under contract?
No. This form describes the properties you want to buy. For a specific transaction, use Submit Your Deal so the property information can be reviewed in the appropriate context.
How detailed should my real estate investor buy box be?
Include firm requirements and clear deal breakers first: market, asset type, price or basis, condition, strategy, and funding approach. Add useful preferences, but distinguish them from conditions that would prevent you from pursuing a property.
Can I submit more than one buy box?
Yes. Separate submissions are helpful when markets, property types, financing approaches, or investment strategies differ materially. Each profile should describe one coherent acquisition target.
Does submitting my criteria guarantee I will receive deals or funding?
No. A submission does not guarantee deal flow, a property match, funding, or any particular outcome. Availability, suitability, and any capital terms depend on review and, where relevant, available capital.
Can wholesalers or acquisition teams use this form?
Yes. Wholesalers and acquisition teams can provide a buyer profile when they have defined criteria and a process for evaluating opportunities. Be clear about the intended buyer, decision authority, exit strategy, and any timing constraints.
Your buying criteria
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