All Forum Posts by: Laura Alamery

I agree, build a buyer's list first - then you will know what the buyers want (area and price) and then you can look for properties. I call it the Reverse Approach. Also you want these buyers to be cash buyers, so you can flip the properties to them with no money from you (you will use a Transactional Funding lender.) Good luck!

I agree with you, Peter. Also looking on Craigslist under Real Estate Services. Assertive and "Open Minded" Brokers tend to advertise there :)

Try to send to the bank a commission agreement with an agent's name on it. Sometime you can get away with that. The reasoning for the bank in wanting a listing agreement is that they need to show to their investor that there was a public effort in selling the property before tying it up with one buyer. The bank knows that it probably will not be listed: I have sent listing agreements in the same day as a sale contract. The lenders just need to cover their back.

It seems to be more widespread on the East and West Coast. We are still safe in the Midwest :D