These can serve as back up exit strategies.For example, once you have a reliable tenant with cash flow in a property, you can find a buy and hold investor who will be much more interested in the property, since they'll be spared the trouble of finding a tenant for it.You can also owner finance the property and then sell the note to another investor.† You can sell part of the note for cash now and have income later or sell all of the note at once.If you're having trouble finding local investors, online auctions can offer your property to a potential global market.Even in a soft market some homes will still sell at or near full market value.† Of course, you don't want to incur six months of holding costs waiting for your price so you have to get creative to make your property stand out.† One way is to "Go Green".† A few touches like solar hot water with a tankless water heater back up and adding rain barrels to the downspouts in order to maintain landscaping inexpensively even during drought conditions can put your property ahead.† Everyone likes ideas that save them money and if it is good for the environment too that is an extra bonus.

This is especially helpful when doing extensive rehabs...I am also in the process of transforming some of the marketing material they provide into our business.

Originally posted by "cookarikappou":cost depends on how long your ad is and how often it will play on air...And what time and how desperate the sales people are to fill some air time and get their bonuses, etc....

I think the final bonus offer will be $9k plus 25% royalties.

I told him whatever he negotiated for me between my actual price and list, I'd give him a bonus of 50% of the spread.

Bonus is collecting a commission on this of 3% on top of that.

Lately I've been doing flat fee commissions on property or very low commissions with very generous agents bonuses at closing.

I don't know if it's socialist but it is a clear example of the corruption we're in.This bailout is the equivalent of dumping taxpayer dollars into WorldCom to prop it back up, taking Bernie Ebbers out of prison and giving him a bonus, then blaming 401k's and tech stock investors for their scandalous greed.

Will, I invest mainly for cash flow and any appreciation that comes in the future is a bonus.

It has been an added bonus for my newbies that I am there to help them out with any problems.