I’ve put in a verbal offer on a duplex in a small Midwest city. It is a pre-foreclosure and recently dropped in price by 25%. It has some potential foundation issues that have scared people away, but at the lower pric...

We understand we would have to make this an exceptionally enticing deal for a guarantor. 

@Cindy BacigalupoI agree, new buildings are enticing.

Hello,I have this notion ( perhaps erroneous) it may not be a good idea to refinance with the same lender,since more often than not the current lender may not be too motivated to lower the rate for existing customers and they would rather lower rates to entice new customers.

Airbnb is enticing and you're on the right track but I wouldn't count on it as a long term model.

I too have been enticed by the GuRU path, but I have found so much info here on BP and on the web and in books, that it has become quite enjoyable and exciting to learn through soaking it up by reading and listening to what others have experienced, both the good and the bad!

Second that.Most of the time its a marketing ploy of "off market deal" that new investors find enticing...but often times it just means falsified information (not bound by code of ethics as when on MLS) and a much more difficult (or NA) due diligence process.A small handful of decent wholesalers, but other than that, its a tough road.

They're trying to entice you to overlook something in their background check, jump in line over more-qualified renters, talk you into a discount, or they're just not very bright about money.

Find a way to entice them to work with you.

Interesting way to entice the seller with the $2k above appraisal value if it appraised low.