I have paid a few agents outside of escrow and if your shortsale leads are good ones, I would pay you out of escrow.If you are looking to market for short sales you may want to put together a direct mail or door knocking campaign on NOD 30-60-90 lists, or there may be a list of people who have applied for a loan modification.

Also, if you type in "Notes" in the search bar...that should keep you busy and educated for a while. haha.BP is the perfect place to start a great network...which is vital to a successful REI business.Best of luck to you Brian!

As I said, start lower, justify your price due to probable modifications and servicing costs that will be required.

Another issue is making modifications to an installment sale or CFD, that modification constitutes making a new contract, now with the SAFE Act and Dodd-Frank, you're probably in violation if you keep to the basic terms of the old contract with balloon payments and in keeping the secured as originally made.

Other refi programs may be available, much hinges on the modification that was done too.

I feel it is vital for both myself and my customers to be part of a group like this if I want to continue to grow my skills.  

My plan is a modification of BRRRR where I'm using a "subject to" to acquire, then renovate, then refi once it's stabilized.

We are recovering from depleted savings and saving for a wedding, so we are looking for lower cost, high ROI modifications.

It's vital to understand the difference between wanting a property and needing a property.

Heloc was a vital tool for us in this situation, but takes longer than we'd like to get paid off so we can redeploy the money.