We ended up making this house the nicest house in the neighborhood which many people say not to do, but because we were doing everything ourselves, it wasn't really more money to make the finishes nicer; and I feel in drew in more buyers because they fell in love with it the minute they walked in. 

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I also mentioned that the listing agent said cash only and inquired if that meant that we literally have to have cash or of they would entertain financed offers without a "finance contingency" meaning we would forfeit earnest money if financing fell through.

So I offered 10% on the money or 20% of the profits whichever was greater and my former 50/50 guys fell in line while they tried to find someone who would take 50/50, which was hard because you could get more profit using a hard money lender.

I can see an issue arise where they Realtor got a payday loan and then the deal that they were going to get commission on fell through.

Overall building permit activity fell 36% from one year ago, and they are calling this the lowest level since 1991.

Dear friends:I am house hunting, and fell in love with this newly built 2-story single family house, with unfinished basement.The basement wall is a concern (see attached picture).

I'm a former physician (25 years in orthopedic spine medicine) who fell in love with real estate investing along the way, and retired from medicine to invest full time in 2005.

We had a schedule to keep and I know he didn't want to be the reason we fell behind.

Next a tree branch fell and suddenly I am looking at taking down the whole tree since it appears to be dying and dangerous.