But if you DON’T pay the buyer agent, the Buyer has to pay them.So now instead of $200k to put down on your house, the buyer only has $175k left for down payment.($200,000 - $25,000 = $175,000)Guess, what – now the buyer who was going to pay you $1M for your house can only pay you $875k, since they had to pay out of pocket for their buyer’s agent.

But everything else should be left to adults to work out and for market forces to decide.

It's great that you're eager to dive into real estate and find the strategies that align with your goals.

Dismissing any marketing strategy simply because it doesn't align with your business model is unreasonable.

I did basically push one incompetent appraiser out of the San Diego market because his appraisals were so bad he was getting the reputation he deserved (I won 2 large appeals and he left when I was appealing a third which sucked for me).  

We identified 2 properties and one of them was already sold to someone else so we are left with this one but want to make sure that the numbers make sense and we are not missing anything.

Look at what other investors did before you and try aligning it with 2024.

@Jill Yard  do you know the company calling and have you reported them or left them a bad review somewhere? 

Also, there was regularly raw garbage or trash bags left sitting on the ground. 

I have about 20 months left until I have to get my own financing, but now I am stuck on what I should do.