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You’re Losing Deals (You Just Don’t Know It Yet) | David Olds
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Most investors think transaction coordination is just admin work.
Hire someone, push paperwork, move on.
That assumption is costing you deals — and you don’t even know it.
Not the deals you track.
The ones that quietly fall apart before they ever hit your numbers.
David Olds has seen both sides — as an investor and as the founder of Easy RI Closings, handling transactions at scale. He knows exactly where deals break… and why most investors never catch it.
In this episode:
- Why transaction coordination is actually a revenue driver (not overhead)
- The hidden deal fallout that never shows up in your KPIs
- Why most investors prioritize acquisitions and dispo — and pay for it later
- What actually breaks between contract and close
- When in-house TC makes sense (and when it kills efficiency)
- Lessons from scaling a service business vs. a deal business
If you’re doing volume and still treating TC like a checkbox, there’s a good chance you’re leaking deals right now.
0:00 — Intro (The revenue leak most investors never see)
2:16 — David’s Background (From investor to running closings at scale)
5:03 — Why TC Is Actually a Revenue Center (Not just “admin work”)
5:43 — The P&L Analogy (Why lost deals never show up in your numbers)
11:27 — Why Investors Don’t Delegate TC First (And why it costs them)
15:25 — Knowing vs. Doing (Why execution breaks even when you know better)
17:47 — Learning to See Problems Differently (What experienced operators notice)
20:17 — Investor → Service Business Owner (What changes when you switch sides)
24:38 — Hustling vs. Building a Team (Why most people stay stuck)
27:12 — Would David Do It Differently? (Hard lessons from hindsight)
32:33 — Easy RI Closings (Where to connect with David)
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