I had this issue before, and I wish my agent told me to accept cashiers check instead of a personal check, and I had to resort to hiring a lawyer to scare the tenant with a letter from his office.

I told everyone about it for three months, then one day, an agent came to me with exactly what I was looking for and it was one of my best investments.Spend some time learning to manage well.

If the change has occurred and buyers are now doing this, surprised not discussed more  You as the buyer is paying for the agents commission one way or another , either by a higher sales price , or by cutting a check to your agent . 

Our agent is very helpful and found us a great deal (duplex).

We have a real estate agent and investor friend, but not sure we’ll work with him.

There are rules and situations unique to each state and that is why you want to go with a local lender vice someone just reaching out to you telling you they can do it. 2) Better recourse if the lender screws something up: a local lender has more skin in the game so to speak as if they screw something up their name will be mud to local real estate agents in the deal.

Hindsight Critique•Continue to build relationships to increase deal flow•Property manager (Mercer Hughes) is critical to completing renovations and quick tenant placement•Continue to build relationships with private lenders and personal investors•Have cash available to make quick competitive offers Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

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He felt so bad about the situation that he did the additional repairs at cost, which was a huge relief and saved me from further losses.My Agent: My real estate agent, who helped me purchase the property, was incredible.

network with local agents to see where they took theres. but not much to it but go with who you feel comfortable with.