A dutch auction is the most popular method I have heard of.

Here are 3 tips for avoiding popular lending scams:1.Run away from fee collectors: A lending scam is usually present if high, upfront fees are paid directly to the lender.2.Obtain references from the lender: Although real references are hard to verify, always ask for references from the lender’s clients.

(Obvious I don't know your taxable income to make that call.)If you withdraw, you do have alot more flexibility investing with non-qualified funds, such as optimizing with leverage and having access to much better financing terms/rates, that can give you a substantially higher ROI than you might achieve in a retirement account.By pulling funds from the IRA/401K, you have also walked out of the casino of guessing on current vs future tax rates (with $100 trillion of federal liabilities, tax rates are quite conceivably going UP).

Right now i don't know much about commercial properties here in central Ohio but i know their are alot of empty of them here and one would think there has to be a way to make alot of money specially on the west side of columbus cause a new holly wood casino just open this last year.

I told him I would give him an offer with a couple of options for him to choose from after I looked at the numbers.So, here's what I have:It's a duplex in Lake Havasu City (popular retirement & family community).The man has a dread disease that has forced retirement and is anxious to sell this prop.

(Popular Photography magazine is running a little interview with me in their next issue if you care to pick it up at the newsstand.)

I like the popular coins they are much easier to resell and they can appreciate faster over time.

Loopnet is a very popular listing service for commercial property in my market.

I rehabbed, have owned free-and-clear two multifamily buildings: 8 and 5-unit for 3+ years.Essentially zero vacancy and steady rent increase in this popular downtown location.Annual NOI is $140K although I manage them myself.

As someone who makes offers primarily over the phone I'm taking a hard look at docusign.com to email my documents and have them signed electronically. echosign.com is another popular alternative.The good side is it avoids messy faxing back and forth; the downside is it requires basic computer literacy which may be unworkable with a segment of the population.