36 Showings in 3 Weeks & Grandma Still Tanked the Deal

36 Showings in 3 Weeks & Grandma Still Tanked the Deal

July 8, 2026 · 31 min · Season 5 · Episode 70

About this episode

Derek Marlin breaks down a real estate deal analysis involving a challenging property and a complicated sales process.

In this episode, I'm breaking down another Deal Analysis — one of my favorite formats on this show because it's not guru talk, it's real numbers from a real deal we just closed. This one turned into a wild ride: a rough Arvada property that wasn't ready for the market, a textbook acquisitions process, a tight rehab budget, and a sales process that had 36 showings in three weeks before a buyer's grandma tanked the first contract three days in. I walk through exactly how we found the deal throu...

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