Your seller might be smelling blood in the water.

The whole 'blood from a turnip' thing.

After a few hours the adrenaline falls, the blood pressure drops, the sting of the hits numbs and the tension is relieved from the battles of the game.

But, my hand kept going...right through the glass.Glass tore threw my thumb, nicked an artery in my forearm, and blood literally started shooting out.

They also don't call up and negotiate with long lost family members who have an interest in the property but who won't cooperate because of bad blood that goes back a generation or two.

I have quite a bit of business/finance experience, and have been busy learning the real estate "code" and different metrics used to evaluate deals.Entrepreneurship and REI is in my blood as my parents and siblings have bought/sold/managed several businesses and properties over the years.

This is done specifically to alert the tax assessor, so, you can't avoid transfer tax.Hey, this is CA, they want every last ounce of your blood.

It's like pouring blood into shark infested waters and there are serious sharks in Chicago (posing as wholesalers, educators and tenants) who do nothing but unethically profit off of self proclaimed newbies with cash.

(sister of an uncle, who I am related by blood to the wife of said uncle) about buying her home (will be my 3rd SFH).

As the inventory in my market gets thinner and thinner, I realize how important finding the "gate keepers" are to my real estate business.Would anyone in the community be comfortable sharing strategies they use to fill their pipeline, besides door knocking and mailing?