Before you strike out too far looking for a mentor I recommend you read this article http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/04/22/how-to-find-real-estate-mentors-and-my-eureka-moment/ as it might provide some insight and assist you to quicker success.Best of luck!

However, before returning, strike out some arbitrary verbiage with a pen and return signed and dated.

The third strike, you are obtaining an FHA loan which will pretty much rule out a double close.Your best bet would be to try J Scott's advice of talking with either the contact your are dealing with at the auction company, the original listing agent of the property before it went to auction, or even try the title company once they are assigned.

The balance between how much to rely on the line and how much cash to keep is not an easy one to strike.

But you might as well take your money to the casino because I bet your chances are higher to strike it big.

I gave an example of two landlords that each owned a 4-plex that were burned down by a lightning strike?

Sorry, but when my fat fingers strike, two keys get hit.

So I'm gonna go drive by tonight and see how it looks, if it looks nice I'm gonna wait him out and see if we can strike a better price(around $5000) near the end of the month.Deal number 2 I found while driving around local parks on sunday.

Thank you again for all the comments.Jon touched on the premise of a short sale which is the seller cannot benefit from a short sale and in eschange the lender agrees to take a loss.The contemplation of a prior agreement, where the seller and the buyer strike an accord by which the seller is somehow to receive a benefit, may fall under the description of mortgage fraud.

Australian property is pretty special like that especially in capital cities.For a decent size house in Sydney, within striking distance of the CBD - at this point one might as well budget for a million dollars.