Unless you have buyer-in-hand or some other mission (e.g. subsidized housing or religious-based motives), I seriously think the risks are way more substantial than most people could handle.

The property, previously on MLS without success, heightened the seller's motivation.

He is all about finding motivated sellers, negotiating with them, and finding buyers.

My goal is to have vacation rentals in all sorts of markets and it is such a motivating goal to have.

My main motivation for the membership was probably for the tools, but I think that will come as I get closer to being ready to really start researching my first deal. 

I have tried influencing both through financial advice and business consulting as this child has a business in addition to a W-2.

The other one sits at home and aspires to be "an influencer" 🙄.

If you are a very dynamic recruiter and want more direct influence on those agents you can also build expansion teams again without all the risks and headaches. 

Hi folks @Basit Siddiqi @Michael Plaks @Lance Lvovsky - I am trying to understand what’s the motivation for the CPA for not wanting to file the state return?

If you HAVE to sell for whatever reason, you become a motivated seller.