. ($175/mnth).Challenges would be: finding a good area to build (would need to be near/within a city in a decent enough location); permits & legal issues; and finding buyers if I ever do this (though I'm hoping that the no-money down 10-year financing will be enticing; I would check for proof of income instead of credit history).

One concern though is that since there is so much FREE content already on the site, you should emphasize things about it that would entice people to pay a premium.

I feel much better ---now---because I was wondering if I/we were actually missing out on a good time to Refi. as we constantly receive numbers of enticing offers--so I was not so sure if we would be missing out on a good opportunity.

The shorter your contingency periods are the more enticing an offer will look to the bank.

The vast majority of them either don't understand the real estate business or won't tell you the truth about it (because the truth won't entice you to part with your hard-earned money).If a person was actually successful in real estate, why would they need to travel around pawning snake oil?

If the active listings have been going down and there are still no sales, that would indicate that the pricing point to entice activity has not been reached yet.

The seller (s) were using my offer as bait to entice a more desirable offer from other buyers.

jscott is dead on. you need to get it on MLS and offer a buyers agent commission. that will entice agents to show your property.

This means professional pictures, enticing copy, etc.

Our development is located in a small desert town in California where most people would never live in an HOA, so we want to make sure to make the development enticing to new owners, but as you said, not make people "shy away" because of too many restrictions.