You should probably reread our last thread about it because it seems like you forgot.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/54940-contract-assignment-or-double-close-And, yes, if they make money on the deal they will come back, but if they see you making "too much" money on the deal, when they do come back, they will haggle their hearts out on every deal from then on.

Did they accept that this is a business and you are not just buying it to fix it up out of the goodness of your heart?

Hi flip,you are setting yourself up for a huge financial loss or lawsuit.Cutting corners with a contractor that does not havea license, no insurance,and i am sure does not get permitsis asking for it.personal injuries,stop work orders,lawsuits,toonly name a few.You know, it does not make good businesssense,you want someone to ok this method and in your heartof hearts you know its wrong.Integrity,honesty,and professionalism,are the pillars of the foundation of your business.Please, :cry: do not hurt yourself.......Charles

Everyone who applied before her I screened very well and they failed the application.I used my "heart" on her instead of my head.

If you're not in a place you like, your heart will never be in it and it won't matter if you get an extra 10% ROI.

NAR (or should we say Mafioso) should worry about improving Agents intelligence levels, maybe make it so any Joe Schmo with a heart beat and a exam fee check in their pocket can't just get a license without even knowing how to spell real estate.

To all the new investors reading this, please take this to heart - if someone buys a property from you and fails to make money, it is not your fault.

I'm researching right now to learn how to spot potential deals.Since it is located in the heart of a college town I see this as a good thing because of the demand for living off campus (very close to 3 universities, bus stop right in front of the house).

You can landscape, paint and add a room to your heart's content.

This reminds me of a Rudyard Kipling Poem, titled:IFIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated, don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'