PARAGON
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS
Acquisitions Desk
01
Deal Intake
New deal
Property address
— no address, no deal
Deal type — the math changes by type
Distressed house
Rental-grade
Vacant land
REO
Short sale
Pre-foreclosure
Rental-grade: as-is comps ≈ renovated. Price off
as-is value
— the gut formula gives absurd numbers here. Exit is a landlord buying as-is.
Land: ignore home medians. Price off
vacant-land comps
($/acre or per-lot). Request lot size + divisibility before a firm six-figure number.
REO: as-is cash,
no assignment
— close in Paragon's own name. Put the address in the subject line.
Short sale: offer is
subject to lender approval
; the BPO/appraisal is the gate. Hold at MAO, don't chase a high counter.
Ask / list
ARV (renovated)
Repairs (full)
Ask / list
As-is value (comps)
Ask / list
Land market (lot comps)
Assignment fee target ($8–15k)
Days on market
Condition note
Distress signals (anchor lower)
Vacant
Pre-foreclosure
As-is
Full gut
Fire/water
Abandoned
Flags
Seller "firm"
Unknown disclosure
Turnkey / renovated
Tenant-occupied
02
Underwrite & Verdict
Builder pays (end-buyer)
Our spread (assignment)
Our opening offer
The opening always sits under the gold ceiling. We never open at MAO.
…
awaiting
Enter a deal to underwrite
Address + ARV + repairs (or as-is / land value) drives the number.
Builder max
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MAO ceiling
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Opening offer
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Profit @ opening
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Profit @ ceiling
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Open vs MAO
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Message draft
Negotiate
Purchase agreement
draft
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Switch text ⇄ email
Copy draft
Add to pipeline →
Drafts stage for review — Paragon never auto-sends. Email offers go to the agent's real address; GV texts reply in-thread.
Our current offer
Give this much of the gap (½ = modest)
⅓ — tight
½ — modest
⅔ — eager
Compute next move
Never reveal MAO. Bump modestly toward the ceiling and make them name a number: “where does the seller need to be?”
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Generate PA PDF ↓
Copy spec
Generate the branded PA PDF with
paragon_pa.py
using the firm price above. Only build the PA once the price is firm.
Pipeline
Property
Type
Opening
MAO
Profit
Verdict
Stage
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