Take cookies or leftover halloween candy for better results.

Candi O.

learn to make offers and to do it often - always control the negotiations, always use banking days, make offers contingent on assignment, ask for more than you expect to get (contract candy = seller financing, what can seller add - money back at settlement, all the furniture, the car in the garage, possession until settlement, delayed settlement, seller pays settlement cost.Have fun - learn how the pros make offers and find deals!

(F) "Foreign real estate dealer" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, does or deals in any act or transaction specified or comprehended in division (A) of this section with respect to foreign real estate.

This was not a paid Mentorship but one where I partnered with someone who was much more experienced than me and they took complete advantage of me.There are a lot of great programs and mentors out there and you can easily sniff out the bad actors by how they operate.

I live in Oregon as an actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and am interested in real estate investing as a part-time way to make more money.

It’s actors acting.

That is not an attack on you, but rather acknowledging the fact that there are "bad actors" in the STR business. 

Everyone just has to remain true to their investment criteria.As painful as it sounds, the undisciplined actors are going to wash themselves out of an under-performing market, and the last thing you want is to go out with them.So how do you protect against that?

While I believe most in our chosen trade(s) are already familiar with the word or term “Appraisal”, it can’t hurt to provide some clarity: According to the most recent edition of Merriam-Webster’s On-Line Dictionary:Appraise - to set a value on; to estimate the amount of; to evaluate the worth, significance, or status of; to give an expert judgment of the value or merit of.Appraisal - an act or instance of appraising something or someone; a valuation of property by the estimate of an authorized person.Appraising - making or expressing a critical judgment or evaluation.Within the realm of real estate valuation, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice: 2020-21 (USPAP) offers the following applicable definitions:Appraisal (Noun) – the act or process of developing an opinion of value.Appraiser – one who is expected to perform valuation services competently and in a manner that is independent, impartial, and objective.Appraisal Assignment – a valuation service that is provided by an appraiser as a consequence of an agreement with a client.Report – any communication, written or oral, of an appraisal or appraisal review that is transmitted to the client or a party authorized by the client upon completion of an assignment.