Marie I think you just articulated what I was trying to say.What harm is there in putting in ten short sale offers at the same time when you intend to buy only one or two houses, since you know most of the offers probably won't get approved, or if they do it may be beyond the 120 day date on the contract?

You call it "kool-aid"...lawyers call it "agency law"...Just because you might not like the law doesn't mean you have the right to harm your clients by breaking it.Again, if you can't or won't represent your clients in a legal fashion, you shouldn't be entering into an agency relationship with them.

One thing I'll add is some "creative tactics" that others (guru types) have suggested to use - but that are truly harmful when it comes to REO acquisitions.

Anybody in these forums who will come out and say how they may have been harmed by this market manipulation?

This would mean your fan and light fixture do not require a GFCI, but there is no harm in having one present.Does it happen every time you turn the fan off?

The option can be used to protect my client or me against the hustlers wanting to tie something up with little harm or none to them, and have little regard of harm to myself or my client, who has hired me to do that job.

And if I hold a first note, I need to have some alert system in place in case he ever tries to take out a HELOC or a 2nd note that would dilute or harm my 1st position - I think I'd want to build that into the legal agreement.

It helps prevent accusations of theft or personal harm.  

., are a vital tool to keep harmful or unwanted behaviors in check - especially when they're discussed up front in the lease, since they can then become a screening tool themselves.

That's actually how I started.This actually accomplishes several things:It keeps my home and the roof over my head out of harm's way.It motivates me to peddle fast and hard to pay off debt.The last economic crisis is littered with people who used their residences to fund their investment plans.