There is always a fine line with respect to ticking off a listing broker, cross it and they can kill almost anything except a full price offer.

Let the owner know that you and your funding partners have to do a walk through the home before your able to make a final decision, or see if there is a time where the tenant isn't going to be home and you could just meet the homeowner there with your buyers. 

Most newbies in real estate are getting better returns than the expert CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst which you find on wall street) on a yearly basis.I am a Finance student and this is what I study all day long. 

I never received a finalized report from the inspector and got a call about selling my inspection half price to the next buyer but was forced to refuse.

@Shannon PhillipsBeing a finance broker in the commercial space here in CA, I would say the terms you are receiving from First Republic are really aggressive. 

A finance professor by the name of Pavlov comments on the frothiness of it all.

I am also a Fine Artist and Illustrator.My first awareness of this field was a Flip or Flop free seminar in February.

An excellent real estate agent is like a conductor, guiding a group of resources towards a final goal.

What's unbelievable to me is that personal finance is not required in college, kids get through medical school and law school or engineering without having a finance course!

So I'm about to close on a 3-unit investment property tomorrow morning and I go check the place out tonight with my realtor for a final walk-through.Good thing we did that.The seller has basically emptied the basement into the backyard and is now waiting for the city's Bulk Trash Removal service to come pick everything up.