I want to encourage people to learn.

And, yes, a home inspection will also be strongly encouraged for any deal as a good home inspector can save you plenty of problems if they discover things during the inspection!

I wouldn't encourage paying cash, everyone is afraid of the interest rates we are seeing but they aren't terrible.

If it's a great deal I encourage them to go for it! 

Thank you for your feed back, that is encouraging info.

Our owner Chris Clothier has been encouraging me for years to get on BP and share my experience and knowledge and I recently took him up on it.

4) Seek to help them solve their problem5) ask them what they need $ to get out of the house, and evaluate if you think that's possibleI'm learning to ask a tremendous amount of questions and am finding that I can keep the conversations going far longer than me offering my "insight", I'd encourage you to door knock these people and have a question based conversation so you can learn as much as you can about the property and make your decision on your course of action after that!  

Thanks Mark, I appreciate the words of encouragement. 

Hey @David Caddy, I understand your frustration, and that's why I encourage beginners to set realistic expectations from day one.

He openly teaches and encourages his students to buy properties off the MLS at full price, using “Subject To”.