Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

As for why it was said that the demolition compensation was over 20 million yuan instead of 15 million yuan, the main reason is that 15 million yuan is only about 10,000 yuan per square meter.

Don't forget that in addition to the demolition compensation, each household will receive a subsidy of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. If Mao Xiaoyu buys all 43 properties, the subsidy for those 43 properties will amount to at least 10 million yuan. Add to that the demolition fee of nearly 10,000 yuan per square meter, and it's said that the total compensation will be at least 20 million yuan.

When the debt of 800 million to the financial institution is repaid, there will be more than 1000 million left. With this money, Mao Xiaoyu can do whatever she wants in the future, unlike now, when it is difficult to do anything without money.

Of course, success is just one step away, but Mao Xiaoyu knows she must take that step carefully, or it could be her downfall.

Judging by the time, the loan that Li Mingyue applied for should be approved tomorrow. Although I will have to give Li Mingyue 5000 yuan, I still have nearly 50 yuan in my own funds.

Since that's the case, Mao Xiaoyu's eyes snapped open. She picked up the documents, marked out six properties on them with a pen, and handed them to Guo Xiaoyan, saying something to her.

"The six properties I drew are your main targets for negotiation over the next two days. What these properties have in common is that they are low-priced; they are the lowest-priced properties in this batch."

Your most important task these next two days is to arrange for someone to talk to the six homeowners and try to bring the price of the houses down to below 4000 per square meter, and the lower the price, the better.

As for how to pay for these 6 houses, you can say this when you go to negotiate: if you agree to sell the houses, we will pay 30% before the property transfer, and after the property certificate is issued, we will transfer the remaining balance to their designated account within three days.

Of course, the 30% payment before the transfer of ownership is the maximum. If possible, try to lower it a little. The latter condition can remain unchanged: once the property certificate is issued, pay the remaining balance to the homeowner within three days.

Although Mao Xiaoyu had her eye on 43 properties this time, she didn't dare to let her real estate agency negotiate all at once. As for why she didn't dare...

Firstly, she didn't have enough manpower on her side. The real estate agency only had a handful of people, and Mao Xiaoyu was afraid that three people wouldn't be able to negotiate for six houses. Secondly, she was mainly worried that Li Mingyue wouldn't be able to get the loan.

Although Li Mingyue assured her that it was possible, one cannot always completely trust a promise. If something unexpected happens or a problem arises along the way, her funds will definitely be insufficient. If Li Mingyue abandons her business, wouldn't she be in a bind? Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu started by taking back the smallest six properties.

As for why the six smallest houses were chosen, the main reason is that the total area of ​​these six properties is only about 150 square meters, which is the smallest of these houses. Mao Xiaoyu calculated that 150 square meters, if acquired at less than 4000 yuan per square meter, would only amount to 600,000 yuan.

He had about 50 yuan on hand. Although he was still a little short, it wasn't too much. If he really couldn't get the loan from Li Mingyue, it would only be a shortfall of about 10 yuan, and he could find other ways to get the money.

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Guo Xiaoyan took the documents Mao Xiaoyu handed her, glanced at them, and then looked up and asked, "You bought such a small house, are you planning to rent it out?"

"I have this idea. As you can see, these houses are very cheap, the cheapest being only tens of thousands of yuan. If you negotiate the price further, I believe you can lower the price by one or two hundred yuan per square meter. Once I buy them, I can renovate them uniformly and rent them out together. I believe I can get a good rental price for these houses then."

Since Guo Xiaoyan thought she bought the houses to rent out, Mao Xiaoyu went along with her. After all, Mao Xiaoyu couldn't possibly say that she bought these houses just to wait for the demolition in two or three months.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to contact these landlords in the next couple of days and try to bring the prices down as much as possible," Guo Xiaoyan agreed.

After all, in Guo Xiaoyan's view, her real estate agency was just starting out and didn't have much business. She figured she might as well send her staff out to negotiate and gain experience. Coincidentally, Mao Xiaoyu wanted to buy a house, so once her employees sold a few more properties and went through the whole process several times, they would gain real estate agent experience.

We can use Mao Xiaoyu's house purchase as an opportunity to train our own real estate agents. Although we won't get a commission from Mao Xiaoyu, we can get one from the landlords. Six houses may not be worth much, but with a 1.5% commission from the landlords, it's still seven or eight thousand yuan. That's enough to cover the salaries of three people this month.

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"Xiao Mao, I'm here." Just as Mao Xiaoyu was about to give some instructions, she suddenly heard Old Man Ge's voice outside the door.

Well, before we knew it, it was past 10 o'clock, and Old Ge came to collect the rent.

"The landlord is here, give him the money." Since the money had just been given to Guo Xiaoyan, Mao Xiaoyu asked Guo Xiaoyan to give the money to Old Man Ge.

Upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words, Guo Xiaoyan realized that the old man in front of her was the landlord of the shop. So she took out all the money that Mao Xiaoyu had given her and the money she had prepared from the drawer, and then the two of them went to greet him.

"Landlord, please have a seat. We've prepared the money; please count it." Mao Xiaoyu politely invited Old Man Ge to sit down.

Old Ge didn't stand on ceremony and found a chair to sit down. Guo Xiaoyan put the money on the table in front of Old Ge and then went to pour water.

As for Xue Guangmei and Liu Mingbo, they had already gone out to take photos at the landlord's house where the seller had come earlier, and they hadn't returned yet. So, the entire real estate agency had to have Guo Xiaoyan personally pour water for them.

"I didn't expect your friend to be so pretty. No wonder you wanted to help her find a real estate agency." Old Ge said softly as he watched Guo Xiaoyan go to pour water, and he also gave Mao Xiaoyu a narrow-minded look.

Of course, while he was talking, his hands didn't stop. Old Ge grabbed the money on the table and began to count it seriously.

Just as Guo Xiaoyan poured the water over, Old Man Ge finished counting the money. Seeing the water coming over, he stood up and said, "I don't need to drink it. Since the money is correct and I've received it, I'll be leaving."

"Let's write a receipt, that way everyone can understand the situation clearly, after all, it's 6000 yuan," Mao Xiaoyu said.

Although I had dealt with Old Man Ge for several years in my previous life, there were never any problems.

But this is the first time we've ever met.

If Mao Xiaoyu pays this money and doesn't get a receipt, what if Old Man Ge comes tomorrow and says he didn't receive the rent? Wouldn't that be a nightmare?

Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu believes that it would be best to have the other party write a receipt, as this would be beneficial for both parties.

"Yes, yes, you need to write a receipt. Here, little girl, go get a piece of paper, I'll write you a receipt." Old Man Ge quickly agreed when he heard Mao Xiaoyu say this.

Guo Xiaoyan then realized what was happening and quickly brought over paper and a pen, asking Old Ge to write down the receipt for today's rent. After Old Ge finished writing, she leisurely took the money and left.

Looking at Old Ge's leisurely appearance, Mao Xiaoyu was quite envious. She thought about how the 6000 yuan she had worked so hard to earn had just flowed into the other person's pocket, while the other person didn't need to do anything and just waited for the money to go into his pocket.

So, I'm determined to be a landlord in my life, collecting rent from tenants every day, and leisurely strolling around in front of them, making them envious and jealous. Just thinking about it makes me happy.

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"Alright, today's rent is paid, and everything's fine. Keep an eye on the houses I told you about earlier. If anything important happens, call me. If nothing else, I'll come over in three days. Of course, if any of them are in a hurry to sell and have already pushed the price down, just call me, and I can come over earlier."

Watching Old Man Ge leave, Mao Xiaoyu calculated the time. Sigh, it was almost 11 o'clock. She had to rush over to have lunch and find tenants, so she didn't have time to stay here. Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu emphasized the matter again and prepared to leave.

"Xiaoyu, besides the six houses you just picked out, what about the other houses? Should I let you know if some of them are in a hurry to sell?" Guo Xiaoyan asked.

"Why didn't you notify me? The six apartments I'm interested in aren't the only ones I'm going to buy. It's just that I feel like no one in the store is negotiating with them, so I picked out six smaller apartments for you to negotiate with. Besides, in my opinion, smaller apartments are easier to negotiate with, and the price is more negotiable."

As for other houses, I'll buy them if they're available, so don't worry. Although I won't give you a commission, I still have a lot of work to do. I collect commissions from the sellers, and real estate agencies make a lot of money too.

"Remember, when you have time, try to negotiate the price down to below 4000 yuan per square meter. If you feel you can't lower it any further, contact me, and I'll help you buy the house. Also, pay attention to the payment method I mentioned. As for everything else, that's all." Mao Xiaoyu thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I understand!" Guo Xiaoyan nodded and said.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoyan understood, Mao Xiaoyu was really preparing to leave because of time constraints. However, at this moment, Xue Guangmei and Liu Mingbo returned.

"Sister Guo, we've also seen the landlord's house and taken pictures. The house seems alright, quite bright. If you ask me, his price is really not expensive." After returning, Xue Guangmei started chattering non-stop.

"Here, give me the digital camera, let me take a look." Hearing Xue Guangmei's words, Mao Xiaoyu became interested and prepared to take a look with the digital camera.

"Here you go." Actually, Xue Gaomei could probably guess Mao Xiaoyu's status in the store, so when she heard Mao Xiaoyu say this, she handed the digital camera to Mao Xiaoyu.

Looking at the digital camera handed to me, I could tell it was secondhand and quite small. It probably didn't cost more than three or five hundred yuan.

Mao Xiaoyu didn't care and started pressing the buttons, flipping through the photos she had just taken.

I must say, after taking more than a dozen photos, the image quality was actually quite good. But since the photos are so beautiful, it will be much harder to negotiate a lower price later.

But she still had to find fault, so Mao Xiaoyu started picking out flaws from these dozen or so photos.

"Look, there's mold on this wall, which means there's water seepage here. And here, look at this scratched area, it's obvious they have cats at home, and the cats scratched it. And here, and here..." Mao Xiaoyu held up her digital camera and began pointing out the flaws in the photos.

After they finished choosing, he handed the digital camera to Xue Guangmei and said to her, "When you have time, call the landlord and tell him about the shortcomings. See if you can lower the price by one or two hundred yuan per square meter. If you can, the more you can negotiate down, the better."

When you really can't push the price down any further, tell them a customer has taken a liking to it and is willing to pay in cash, so there's no need to wait a month or two for a loan. Then ask if the price can be lowered a little more, and try to negotiate for another day or two. Of course, just don't let them swindle you away.

"Oh, I understand," Xue Guangmei replied, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Alright, alright, I'll be going now. You guys keep busy. Also, recruit more employees. We don't have enough staff here. We need to recruit at least a dozen to prepare for opening a branch." Mao Xiaoyu felt that the time was dragging on and on, so she said to Guo Xiaoyan.

"Open a branch?" Guo Xiaoyan was surprised that Mao Xiaoyu was already thinking about opening a branch right after the store opened.

"It's about opening branches. The more branches a real estate agency has, the more money it makes. How much can one agency earn? If there are 10 agencies, and each one earns a little less, that's still more than one agency. So we need to recruit more people, train talent, and prepare for opening branches," Mao Xiaoyu said encouragingly.

"But we're not ready to open a branch yet!" Guo Xiaoyan said with some difficulty.

"I didn't say we should open now. I just wanted you to recruit more people and train them to prepare for opening a branch. Even if you open now, you won't have enough staff. What's the point if you open it and then close down? So, opening a branch won't be possible for at least the next two months. The most important thing now is to increase the number of employees in the store. We can open a branch when we have enough manpower," Mao Xiaoyu said speechlessly.

"Oh, I understand. I'll hire more people," Guo Xiaoyan replied.

"Alright then, you guys get back to work, I'll be going now." Mao Xiaoyu didn't have time to talk here, it would take her another thirty or forty minutes to get there by electric scooter, so after saying that, she walked straight out of the store and rode away on her electric scooter.