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REI Company Audit

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

Even Ty and Tyler are not 5s across the board. This is not about perfection. It is about clarity on where to focus.

📚 15 min audit
How It Works

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.

Your Business

Company Information

This information appears on your exported audit report.

Your Blueprint

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

Step 1

Expense Tracker

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

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ItemMonthly Cost
Prospectors
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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
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Step 2

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
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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.

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Your Results

Audit Dashboard

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

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Marketing

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Sales Mgmt

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Operations

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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.

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Complete the questionnaire to see your bottleneck analysis.

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Financial Snapshot

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Deep Dive

Question-by-Question Analysis

Every question scored with status and recommended action.

IDQuestionScoreStatusAction
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What To Do Next

Audit Execution Guide

The audit reveals your constraint. Here is how to act on it.

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.

YOUR 90-DAY PLAN IS BUILT

Now pick the plan that matches your blueprint

Your audit identified your blueprint, your bottlenecks, and your first 30 actions. There are a lot of plan options. Our team can map your audit results to the right one and help you skip the setup learning curve.

Know Your Target

Business Type Benchmarks

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

Revenue

$200K-$500K

Annual target

Net Margin

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

Your Action Plan

30/60/90-Day Implementation Plan

Auto-generated from your audit scores, blueprint, and phase. 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 Cadence

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 3-7 quarterly rocks. These are the most important things to get done in the next 90 days. Not how you will do them. What needs to get done. Break into monthly and weekly milestones.

  • 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? This is where the learning happens.

  • 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. Your quarterly audit aligns perfectly with your first revenue from new marketing. Re-audit at 90 days and the results of your Day 1-30 actions show up as closed deals.

Key Terms

Glossary

Net Profit Margin

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Net Profit Margin

Revenue minus all expenses, divided by revenue. Lifestyle businesses target 50%+. Growth businesses target 20% minimum. Below 20% at scale means your cost structure is eating your deals.

Bottleneck Analysis

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Bottleneck Analysis

Identifying your single biggest constraint across Marketing, Sales, Operations, and KPIs. The lowest-scoring pillar gets all your focus. Fix one thing at a time, not four.

KPI

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Key Performance Indicator

A measurable metric tied to a business outcome. Daily dials, correct numbers, conversations, and contracts per month. Logged manually to force accountability and reflection.

SOP

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Standard Operating Procedure

A documented, step-by-step process that any team member can follow to produce a consistent result. If it lives in your head, it is not an SOP.

Sequential Marketing

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Sequential Marketing

Starting with the cheapest channel first (SMS at $0.01), then layering more expensive channels (calling, mail, deep prospecting) only on leads that did not respond. Never start with the most expensive touch.

Speed to Lead

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Speed to Lead

How fast you contact a new lead after they enter your pipeline. Within 1 minute gives you 400% higher conversion than waiting even 10 minutes. This is why Lead Management is a full-time role.

Cash Conversion Cycle

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Cash Conversion Cycle

The time from first marketing spend to first closed revenue. In REI, expect 90+ days. Budget to sustain all operations for 6 months without a deal. If you cannot, fix cash flow before fixing marketing.

Company Audit

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Company Audit

A 20-question self-assessment across 4 pillars (Marketing, Sales, Operations, KPIs) scored 1-5. Identifies your biggest bottleneck so you know where to focus all energy. Re-audit every 90 days.

Quarterly Rocks

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Quarterly Rocks

The 3-7 most important things to get done in the next 90 days. Not how you will do them, but what needs to get done. Broken into monthly and weekly milestones. Re-set every quarter after your re-audit.

Accountability Chart

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Accountability Chart

Not an org chart. A map of responsibilities broken down by department, showing who handles what. One person appears multiple times if they fill gaps across departments. Used to assign quarterly rocks to the right person.

Knowledge Check

Test Your Understanding

8 questions on the audit framework, planning, and business fundamentals.

1. What does the bottleneck analysis prioritize?

  • The highest-scoring section, because it represents your strength
  • The lowest-scoring section, because it is your biggest constraint
  • All sections equally, because balance matters most
  • Only KPIs, because numbers drive everything

2. What minimum net profit margin should a scaling (growth) business maintain?

  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 50%

3. If Marketing scores 8 out of 25, what status does it receive?

  • NINJA
  • GOOD
  • BAD
  • UGLY

4. Why should you fix only one bottleneck at a time?

  • Because fixing multiple issues is too expensive
  • Because focused effort on the biggest constraint produces the fastest improvement
  • Because audits only track one section
  • Because team members can only do one task

5. How long should you budget for operations before expecting first revenue?

  • 30 days
  • 60 days
  • 6 months
  • 12 months

6. What defines a NINJA-level section score?

  • 5-10 points
  • 11-15 points
  • 16-20 points
  • 21-25 points

7. Why does the audit prioritize Marketing as a prerequisite for Sales Management?

  • Marketing is always more expensive than sales
  • Nothing downstream matters without strong lead generation
  • Sales teams cannot be hired before marketing teams
  • Marketing KPIs are easier to track

8. What determines the focus of your first 30 days in a 30/60/90-day plan?

  • Whatever is most exciting to work on
  • Your lowest-scoring audit pillar
  • KPIs, because they are the most important pillar
  • All four pillars equally across 30 days
Score: 0 / 8
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