I had Signal Door Company come out to install my brand new $974.31 door on Sept 18.

Not taking money to move in was a signal to the tenant that you were an easy touch.The $1,200 is likely lost and you should move on.

I am not saying you should not follow the IRR signal produced by the software.

Like Will, I use the Adobe Suite of tools (including PDF Writer) to edit and sign all my contracts, addenda and docs.

It can work many differ ways, The title company may have a notary in the state where your client lives that can go to their house and sign all the documents, or the title company can mail them the packet and they sign all docs, have it notarized and Fed Ex it back.

Or do you want to let it slide and send the signal that your soft and can be taken advantage of, a very slippery slope.

On one hand, that's a pretty strong signal for what the market is... on the other, following the crowd makes competition tough... but to go against the crowd you're essentially saying you're smarter.My personal strategy is to follow the market and simply try to carve out better than average deals.

If you take the latter reasoning and set up a new company for long-term holdings I think it would be very easy to signal to the IRS what your intent is by taking title at the outset in the proper entity.

At five o'clock in the afternoon we met at the title company to sign all documents.

Understandable, Bienes Raices but you could always upload a photo from a distance or a nice nature photo :) Anything to keep me from staring that that mysterious man with the giant dollar sign all day!