All her answers were emotional, "I don't want to work anymore", Blah blah blah, and they were based on her belief that real estate only goes up.

Most people who have been taken by this scam only hesitate briefly before wiring the money, as they have already "cashed" the doctor's check, they are sitting on a year's worth of prepaid rent and the dollar amount for the furniture is small in comparison, and believe that if the check were fake it would have bounced already.The cashier's check from the good doctor bounces roughly three weeks after the homeowner deposits it (contrary to popular belief, it takes financial institutions longer to figure out that a cashier's check is worthless, in comparison to a personal or corporate check).

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The TIC structure there is very different than when someone is promoting a TIC to 1031 investors.To repeat, the foundation to all TICs is the tenants in common ownership.

He even asked the promoter of the program and an OH lawyer.

I don't recommend Craigslist and Ebay is a cheezy way to promote your contractor services.

The excitement of the deal fades, the promoter moves onto the next deal and future investors sense your desperation - leading the sharp ones to ask for a bigger cut - or worse, part of your promoter share.

Offer a 4% commission(unless you already are)then create text message with pictures and sound of you describing the house in an up beat voice(see youtube.com for how to instruction or pm me)then send out a big blast to all other real estate professionals brokers, agents, investors, mortgage brokers, etc...This is a marketing trick I learned in NYC during my times as a party promoters.

I'll have to start thinking about how to promote that sort of deal.RE: FISBO - The only reason I'm contemplating this is that I could easily drop 40K off the price today (my built-in haggle room and his commission) and see if it picks up the showings any.

Its far away from me, though the promoter is local.