There are various good ways you can market to sellers, as well as calling on FSBO ads and looking on Craigslist.As for PM, if you are up for it, it is really not that difficult to do it yourself, especially helpful if the deal is fairly marginal as to profit, you can save 10% by managing it yourself.

to a buyer with marginal credit.

They may 'approve' a short sale that has too slim a margin to be profitable.

CDs, in my opinion, are nothing more than a glorified savings account earning marginal better interest, yet keep your money locked up.Why not turn to a money market account?

Keep your margins under closer to 10% and you will see more deals close.

Also, for doing things like Rehabs in california, is the profit margin alot larger?

He is a pretty good whole seller about 3 to 4 deals monthly with 5 years experiencebut, i don't know if its the correct thing to use because when i run my numbers his MAOs are always much lower then my MAOs. now he also stated that the area matters the type of area matters the standard nice house in a nice neighborhood your formula would be ARV X 70%- repairs= MAO - Profit margin= cash offernice house in bad area ARV x 65%- repairs = MAONice house in WAR Zone ARV x 60%- repairs=MAO what do u thing about these?

Here's how I see this deal:Gross rents: $850Operating Expenses: $425NOI: $425Debt Service ($60K, 30 yr, 7%): $399Cash flow: $26 per month (very marginal)Kicking in a downpayment does not change the character of the deal.

More entertainment value with marginal learning.

If you gross rents are $2500, a margin of error of 10% on your expenses would result in a $125 difference in cash flow.