Not only are the more knowledgeable about RE, they simply have more ways to monetize leads - i.e., if they can't buy them, they can LIST them, and that is a huge advantage.

Good Afternoon All...Is there a good resource to find a boiler plate document (P&S) with an assignment clause, or do most of you simply write it into the standard P&S under "additional terms"?

Simply engage your mentor.

I agree with you Cliff -- if they are telling you that it won't come close to appraising out then simply go elsewhere.

Nothing but deal makers using unconventional ideas, many of which are either illegal, unethical or cause unforeseen problems simply because they either lack knowledge or they don't care.

You don't have to "do studies", you simply have to review the quarterly earnings of the publicly traded REITs that buy SFRs- all of them are heavy in Phoenix and most in Vegas as well.

Now simply delete all of those but one, then copy the one last header row to the top:You may still have to mess with formulas to concatenate fields together or to split out a piece of some field.Are you sure the seller of your list doesn't have some software to do this?

There is not secret, you simply have to drive the streets and you will see why one block is worth more than the next.

Sometimes I am in for $16K and I am simply hoping to recoup l some of my sunk costs.I have also sold a number for upwards of $40K as Jerry K said it is a numbers game.

I know that many of you here will tell me to simply hire a manager and broker, and I might do that someday, but I want to understand the business completely before I delegate.