These groups tend to come and go, but we have survived many downturns.

Thank you for your time Javed.It's unfortunate, but ultimately, the federal deduction from the cost seg moves the needle a tiny bit.

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It raised a couple of questions in my mind about the risks of wholesaling, namely the implications in the event that you assign a contract and the buyer backs out.It seems to me that Paid at Assignment would both:Result in committed assignees, otherwise they would risk losing the money they paid the assignor, andProvide the assignor with a significant cash cushion against breach of contract if they cannot locate another buyer prior to closing, and ultimately decide to cancel the contract with the property owner.But this raises another question. 

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and also what are your suggestions for approaching creative financing if it was not ultimately stated in listing (in other words bringing it up as an option to the seller?)

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