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REI Company Audit

Score yourself honestly across all 4 pillars. Identify your biggest bottleneck. Focus all energy there.

📚 15 min audit

Four Steps to Find Your Bottleneck

The audit works like a diagnostic. Complete each step in order. Your results update in real time.

1

Track Expenses

Enter your monthly revenue and costs across tools, overhead, and team.

2

Score Yourself

Rate 20 questions across Marketing, Sales, Operations, and KPIs (1-5 scale).

3

Review Dashboard

See your overall score, pillar breakdown, radar chart, and bottleneck ranking.

4

Read Analysis

Every question scored with status, action items, and summary statistics.

Score Legend

UGLY 5-10 / 20-40
BAD 11-15 / 41-60
GOOD 16-20 / 61-80
NINJA 21-25 / 81-100

Score yourself honestly. Not where you want to be. Not where you think you should be. Where you actually are today. The only person you hurt by inflating scores is yourself.

Company Information

This information appears on your exported audit report.

Your Phase on the Deal Flow Ladder

Select your phase to personalize the 30/60/90-day plan below.

Expense Tracker

Know your numbers before you diagnose anything else. Revenue minus expenses equals reality.

$
ItemMonthly Cost
Prospectors
Skip Tracing
DataSift
Direct Mail
Bulk Dialer
Bulk SMS
Click-to-Call Tool
ItemMonthly Cost
Rent
Office Expenses
Utilities
Insurance
Software / Subscriptions
Phone / Internet
RoleRate ($)# PeopleTotal
Acquisitions$0
Lead Management$0
Leadership$0
Virtual Assistants$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
0%
0%20%50%100%

Prospectors sit under Tools and Marketing on purpose. Roll tools, marketing, and prospecting people into one bucket, then divide by deals locked that month: your fully loaded cost per deal. Everyone else stays in the team bucket.

The Questionnaire

Score Your Business

Rate each question 1-5. 1 = Never. 5 = Always. Your dashboard updates in real time.

1

We have a systematic process to acquire and market new data.

2

It is easy to track what data is being marketed and strategies used.

3

We use multiple marketing channels without duplicate targeting.

4

We consistently generate leads for the specific problems we solve.

5

We have a process to reach owners who ignored previous marketing.

Marketing Total 0 / 25
1

New leads are followed up and qualified quickly.

2

Tasks are completed on time based on lead temperature.

3

We have a repeatable handoff process from Lead Management to Acquisitions to Transactions to Dispositions.

4

All offers and seller communication are documented in the CRM.

5

Leads and deals are routinely audited for lost opportunity.

Sales Management Total 0 / 25
1

What is your net profit margin?

1 = 0% | 2 = 1-20% | 3 = 21-40% | 4 = 41-50% | 5 = above 50%

2

All employees execute in alignment with company mission, vision, and values.

3

All team members know their roles and daily, weekly, and monthly tasks.

4

Team members know where SOPs are and use them consistently.

5

Flowcharts and process documentation are updated routinely.

Operations Total 0 / 25
1

KPIs are used to measure and monitor progress across the business.

2

KPIs are reviewed regularly, broken down by role.

3

KPI data is used to adjust strategies and maximize results.

4

There is a process to diagnose and fix nonperforming KPIs.

5

All team actions are tracked and logged daily.

KPIs Total 0 / 25

Audit Dashboard

Your scores update in real time as you complete the questionnaire above.

0/100
NOT SCORED

Marketing

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/ 25
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Sales Mgmt

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/ 25
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Operations

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/ 25
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KPIs

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Business Shape

Marketing Sales Operations KPIs

Bottleneck Priority Ranking

Your lowest-scoring pillar is your biggest bottleneck. Fix it first.

1

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Score: --

Complete the questionnaire to see your bottleneck analysis.

2

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Score: --

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3

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4

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Financial Snapshot

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Question-by-Question Analysis

Every question scored with status and recommended action.

IDQuestionScoreStatusAction
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Answered
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Average
0
Critical
0
OK

Audit Execution Guide

The audit's real job is leverage and sequencing: which fixes carry the most weight, and in what order.

Nothing downstream matters without strong lead generation. If Marketing scored lowest, stop everything else and fix your data and channel systems first. Sales management does not matter if there are no leads to manage.

Do This

  • Fix your lowest-scoring pillar first. Only one at a time.
  • Re-audit every 90 days to track progress.
  • Use the expense tracker to verify you can sustain operations for 6 months.
  • Define your business type (Lifestyle vs Growth) before setting KPI targets.
  • Log daily activity to your KPI sheet manually. No automation.

Avoid This

  • Trying to fix all four pillars at once.
  • Inflating scores to feel better about your business.
  • Skipping the expense tracker. You cannot fix what you do not measure.
  • Expecting revenue within 30 days. Budget for 90+ days to first deal.
  • Comparing your scores to other operators. This is a self-diagnostic.

Expect 90+ days from marketing start to first closed revenue. If you cannot sustain your current overhead for 6 months without a deal, your first bottleneck is cash flow, not marketing.

5-DAY DEAL FLOW CHALLENGE

Next live cohort: Monday, August 24 to August 28

5 days live with Ty. 34 interactive modules. A community of 1,047+ investors. Save your seat in the next cohort. Already enrolled? Use this guide as your between-session refresher.

Rank Every List: Doors Per Deal

Doors per deal is live list size divided by the deals it produced. Lower is better.

Elite

Under 10

Precision mode

Strong

10-35

Precision mode

Volume

Over 35

Bulk mode

Same County, Same Six Months. Only the Pull Changed.

Knox County pullDoors per deal
Blind SFR pull206
AI Investor Score 90+25.3
Absentee + Low Income combo34.9
Best ZIP (37914)104.9

The blind pull is the number to beat. Owner combos multiply: Absentee alone runs 105.9, Low Income alone 62.3, together 34.9. Distress stacked on the AI score does the opposite: 48.4 versus 30.6 for the score alone.

The Number Ranks Lists. The Funnel Times Them.

Funnel stageListsRoleSales cycleSaturation
First to MarketObituary, pre-probate, probatePipeline builder (about 66 doors per deal)4-7 monthsNear zero
Niche VolumeSenior, vacant, absentee stacksVolume engine: huge lists, few competitorsFaster, no deadlineLow, hard to reach
Deadline DistressForeclosure, notice of defaultFast closer with the sharpest ratiosFastestMaxed

The full read blends four inputs: doors per deal, saturation, how hard the owner is to reach, and cycle speed. Run all three stages at once. Full tables and the Knox ZIP spread: Doors Per Deal.

We door knocked foreclosure lists and traction was strong. The same owners barely answered our calls: every investor in town dials that list. Saturated lists need a higher-quality touch.

Fix Marketing First: The Two-Channel System

One machine runs all outbound. Calls and mail press every record from Day 1.

1

Both Channels, Day 1

A 3-attempt call blitz over 72 hours and the Mail 01 handwritten letter ($1.75) start together. Mail has no call prerequisite.

2

A Cost Ladder, Not a Timeline

Cost ranks how freely you spend, not when channels start. The cold call leads live contact; text follows the call, never first.

3

One System, All Data

Folders 01-08 run niche CALL/MAIL pairs. Folders 09-10 run bulk: 6 attempts across Priority 1, Priority 2, and Tier 2. FTM never enters bulk.

4

Suppress, Exhaust, Re-Enter

Universal suppression keeps junk out of every preset. Exhausted records escalate to deep prospecting. Timers bring back the rest.

Reactivation Timers

Reactivation re-calls people who said no, on the correct number only. Rehash re-runs people you never reached.

15 Days

Foreclosure headed to auction. The auction does not wait.

45 Days

Probate. 60 loses deals, 30 irritates people.

90 Days

All other first-to-market lists.

45 Days

Tier 2 not-interested records.

Do not skip reactivation. These leads picked up once, the number works, and the only variable is timing. 20-30% of platform deals come from exactly these follow-ups.

Business Type Benchmarks

Your target margins and KPIs depend on what you are building.

Revenue

$200K-$500K

Annual target

Net Margin

30-50%+

High-margin, lean team

Team Size

1-2

Solo or one assistant

Revenue

$500K-$5M+

Annual target

Net Margin

20% min

Scale over margin

Team Size

5+

Full acquisition team

The realistic ceiling from mastering the system is about 85%. Sam O'Neil runs about 92%: solo, $800K a year on roughly $1,500 a month of marketing spend. Use these as the top end, not the sales-pitch version.

30/60/90-Day Implementation Plan

Auto-generated from your audit scores, phase, and profile. Fix your biggest bottleneck first. Everything downstream depends on it.

Complete the audit questionnaire above to generate your personalized 90-day plan.

Your plan regenerates every time you change an audit score. Start with the first 30 days. Do not look at Day 31-60 until Day 30 is done. Focus beats ambition every time.

The Quarterly Growth Engine

Your company audit should improve every quarter. This 5-stage cycle is how.

AUDIT Score 4 pillars PLAN Set 30/60/90 EXECUTE Work the plan REVIEW What worked? RE-AUDIT Compare scores EVERY 90 DAYS

1. Audit

Score yourself honestly across all 4 pillars. Even Ty and Tyler are not 5s across the board. The audit identifies your single biggest bottleneck so you stop guessing and start fixing.

  • Rate each of the 20 questions 1-5
  • Identify your lowest-scoring pillar
  • That pillar gets all your energy for the next 30 days

2. Plan

Set 3 key OKRs per quarter per division, 5 max. Very big things, each yes/no or measurable, and every task ladders up to one. Worked example: 25 contracts a year backs into 2 deals a month minimum.

  • Days 1-30: Fix lowest pillar
  • Days 31-60: Strengthen second-lowest
  • Days 61-90: Build systems for the third

3. Execute

9-5 is income-producing activities: calling, following up, closing. After 5 is improvement projects: building SOPs, setting up dashboards, refining processes. Both matter. Do not sacrifice income for infrastructure.

  • Income-producing: 9 AM to 5 PM
  • Business improvement: after hours
  • Track progress against weekly milestones

4. Review

At the end of each quarter, answer: What is working? What is not? Did you hit your milestone gates? Why or why not? Best news from the last 90 days?

  • Review each quarterly rock: done or not done?
  • Identify what blocked incomplete items
  • Celebrate wins before planning next quarter

5. Re-Audit

Re-score all 4 pillars with fresh eyes. Your scores should improve every quarter. If they do not, your rocks were aimed at the wrong problems. Compare to your previous scores and set your next 30/60/90 plan.

  • Re-take the 20-question audit
  • Compare pillar scores to last quarter
  • Set next quarter's rocks based on new bottleneck

The cash conversion cycle in REI is 90+ days, so the quarterly audit lands right as new marketing produces its first revenue. Re-audit at 90 days and your Day 1-30 actions show up as closed deals.

Tools & Next Steps

DataSift 5-Day Deal Flow Challenge

Next live cohort: Monday, August 24 to August 28

5 days live with Ty. 34 interactive modules. Save your seat in the next cohort. Already enrolled? Use this page as your between-session refresher.

Save Your Seat

Deal Flow Tech Stack SOP

The master spreadsheet with tool pricing and tech stack breakdowns by phase.

Critical Resource Hub

83 tools across all 5 days with links, descriptions, and categories.

Case Studies

46 real-world examples organized by phase.