We have found a lot of success by working with competitors.

If an agent/investor says there are to many competitors they are only making excuses to explain why they are not succeeding. 

In addition, I always prefer to do business with, at minimum, an A+ BBB rating.As a direct lender, I know of APMG as they are considered a "competitor" of ours but have never done business with them so I cannot comment on their loans.  

Alexander Morgovsky By the way - HD cards at Raise go with additional 5% off today You could get 10% off Lowe's cards from eBay and they may work at almost all competitors And if you are a member of local REI group - you could have 2% group cash back at HD for all your cards ( you need to sign up for that)

@Jeremy Davis   A company like Zillow will never settle for what they are currently making..whether it be millions or billions...spending $3 Billion to acquire a competitor shows they have plans on seriously impacting the real estate market in the near future.

I don't see how you could stop this unless you have good connections in this industry and can really attract that talent away from your competitor. 

I am not talking about swipe at it cleaning, I mean you can almost eat off of every sg ft of the property inside and out.

I have never heard the term 'partitioned note' used, however I like it and will ethically swipe it for deals in future that fit what have been multi note bene purchase money carry back deals.

I love when a customer shows me a competitors bid and tells me " Beat this price and the job is yours"    ..........  

Its quite nice actually, though now we have competitors around the corner like:http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1102426928.htmlThe guy across the street from me that is a good comparison to my property lowered his rents to $1900 and has had his place on the market for about 2 weeks.