The way that banks line item veto real estate commissions in a short sale transaction is also a tort , interfering with a contractual relationship or some language.Out here in sunny California we have been collaborating with one another to share these stories and strategies to stay out in front of the banks.

I am exploring a collaborative approach.When investors who do have time to investigate their specific scenarios with the 223F brokers and report that it did not work for them, we can then brainstorm how it CAN work.

Many of the collaborations going on between members on BP are members who have been around for some time and managed to get to know each other a bit through conversations, forum posts, etc.

Yeah, you can argue a good card counter has an edge in blackjack, but otherwise, gambling is driven by randomness, not knowledge, research, collaboration, etc.

this is an opportunity to open up dialouge btwn a host of resources that I may not even know about UNLESS they come together and collaborate (due to my inexperience)..

Would be interested in running our plans by you and 1) seeing if at all realistic (we are not short sale experts) and 2) explore how we could collaborate.

I love the idea of putting out a collaborative ebook, and would certainly think that a link to the website of all contributors would be more than fair.With tools like Google Docs, we could essentially build a truly collaborative document (almost wiki-like) that does what Tim suggests.

I wonder if there is a hidden gem among the REITs.While analyzing REITs, I think it is also important to take into account earnings management that often happens with public companies.Let me know if you want to collaborate on a little project to analyze some of the REITs.

Didn't seem like there was much opportunity for collaboration, mentoring, or decent deal-making.But again, that's just one person and one club...I'm sure there are some great ones out there...just make sure you go in with open eyes...

The WSJ publishes an economic freedom index in collaboration with the Heritage Foundation, a think-tank.