What distinguishes most real estate investors isn't their abilty to do better, more rigorous, financial analysis of the real data than anyone else could, it's that they have the guts to pay for the real data or get it the hard way, and the gusto to leap over the edge and buy with imperfect information.

so in order to wholesale properties i was thinking of marketing something along the lines of distinguishing the differences between realtors (who market 100's of properties) and a smaller wholesaler (who focuses on 1, 2, or 3 houses at a time).i see the main differences being:1. a wholesaler pays alot more close attention to moving the property.2. the seller receives earnest money 3. the wholesaler, if they're good, have buyers, financing and marketing all set up ahead of time4. the wholesaler doesn't charge a % commission.5. the wholesaler works to SELL in 30 days or 45 days at the most.i know that alot of talk is going around about how a wholesalers assignment fee is like a realtors commission - but i mean, that's just downright ridiculous.a wholesaler signs a CONTRACT TO BUY...whereas the realtor signs listing agreement.

A lot of what is being talked about is making oneself less visible and less attractive to being sued.

In it's present condition, i can't see it selling past the 32k, that may be the high end actually.I'll wait them out, maybe i can come back in a week or so and get it at $3-5K if they get desperate and don't want to risk not getting anything.By the way, how would you distinguish if a comp was for buy and hold vs. regular sale, etc, just by the buyer being an LLC?

Many lenders, including myself are not going to even try to distinguish between residential homestead and residential investment property - we are just going to stick with commercial property where the borrower can't later move in and have his attorney claim we made a non conforming consumer loan.Casualty of excessive Government interference in the market.

In short, it can be very difficult to distinguish a pit bull, especially due to the cross-breeding that takes place.

No judgment..no looking in the mirror...no expectations to meet if no one expects you to get on your feet..no repeated reflection or assessment of one's situation...no need to figure out a way to pull oneself up...permission sanctioned by the official government to boot--promoting the idea that its not their fault...that society is responsible for them...and best of all, it facilitates the illusion of being independent--and worst of all...it perpetuates the idea that the successful or truly independent SHOULD be responsible for them.

I was wondering as to how one would go about walking into a real estate business and introducing oneself to an agent.

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@Clay Huber "Deal" is subjective and opinions of length can vary, that's why I gave a time constraint; "from when you start looking to closing".As for wholesalers, I posted this in the rehab section to distinguish it but maybe I'll be even more specific for them next time too.