Have CRE brokers/others pounding the pavement for you..?

But the expenses and lack of control make it undesirable.

By the pound, they were paying less.

I too would first try to extract a pound of flesh in exchange for the Vendor having the "privilege" of not providing financial information or not complying with the terms of the contract they signed.  

That would be an agent being totally honest to a seller with an undesirable property in its "as is" condition.

But I see the current TK and out of state parallels big time in the same subconscious reasons folks move for less expensive properties out of state.Not to mention its pounded into everyone's head that the way to get wealthy is to buy RE and the best RE to buy is cash flow appreciation is the icing on the cake..

I'll take Yen, Pesos, Kroon, Pound, Birr, Euros, Francs, Rubles, Gold, Bitcoin ... as long as it translates to USD at the closing table.

I recently read this in How to Win Friends and Influence People, and it re-emphasized to me the incredible importance of the dialogue with our potential clients: "Thousands of salespeople are pounding the pavements today, tired, discouraged and underpaid.

In the post Dodd/Frank lending era, other than being able to drive to their office and pound on their desk when the deal starts going south and they won't call you, local brokers don't have the advantages for most borrowers that they used to.

I just realized that I'm being penny wise but pound foolish when it comes to writing letters myself.