Again, as an agent I'm telling you MOST agents will be thrilled to have someone handle their short sale which they don't want to do, to have a cash offer in the package to give maximum leverage when dealing with the bank, and have a secured listing that is approved and ready to go for the C buyer and have it locked up at 3% on their end.

I imagine back then, banks still weren't thrilled when borrowers defaulted, but they were probably a lot less concerned than they are now.

I don't see why -- after 18 years of paying rent and paying your landlord's mortgage for him -- he wouldn't be thrilled to replace your carpet for you.Have you asked him?

Used to play professionally before I moved to a place where there is no legal gambling...still travel a couple times a year to the big tournaments...In addition to the Harrington tournament series, I highly recommend the Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide for Tournaments...

I love working with people but also love marketing and the thrill of finding a property to flip (and fix up if needed) for the next buyer to enjoy.

They were thrilled when I offered to work with them.

Luiz -I know we've talked about this a lot in the past, and as I've always told you, if you treat the appraiser with respect, he'll be thrilled to let you help him do his job...Plus, appraisers *LOVE* information...the more you can provide (like repair lists, invoices, pictures, etc), the happier they will be.Congrats!

Don't let greed make you gamble with your reserves is all I'm advising....in fact, I'd put some of those reserves in physically held precious metals for two reasons - they won't deflate, and it adds an extra obstacle to spending them foolishly.There are owner-financed investment properties out there that make sense, the $10k could cover closing costs on a couple of those.

It sat for about 2.5 months and I was pretty sure the BPO would go well because the agent took my paperwork and was thrilled someone went to some work to pull other comps in the area.

I've had quite a few agents THRILLED I was able to pull real data/comps (well not me but the listing agent) The listing agents who get how the process works are happy to provide the data for the BPO agent.