., you can start to see how saving a bit of money isn't really a long-term savings.So, if you're going to spend time saving money on materials, do it by creating processes that making the procurement, delivery and return of materials as automated as possible.

For example of somebody had 150K they might use financing to buy a 10 unit apartment but that will not get you very far if you are trying to use non-recourse loans to procure property in using retirement funds..The question becomes one of what are others doing in order to strategically use RE to build retirement income and assets within their portfolios?

Other than a short sale, which can take several months to procure, I have found that the highest below market value price has been 40-50% in my area.

Did the broker procure the quote or you?

He of course wanted a new floor... and they were just parroting what he'd said.

Houses will cost 85 to 100 a foot all in to build.My Wife is our Broker so we will keep that in house and try to sell as many as we can ourselves however it will be multiple listed with full BAC offered to procuring agents.

., loan application, loan approval, inspections, satisfaction of contingencies, title transfer, etc.Attend sales meetings at request of REALTORS.Process incoming and outgoing referrals as deemed correct by the company.Special events promotion, organization, and implementation.Handle bank and trust deliveries.Handle all transaction record-keeping in an organized, complete, and clear manner.Search legal and/or city/county records.Compile information and keep records for income tax preparation.DON’T: Make representations about the services offered by the real estate brokerage.Interpret documents or answer questions concerning documents.Ask, answer, or discuss questions concerning asking price, address, number of bedrooms, or other qualities of a property.Ask owners questions as to their housing needs in order to determine their interest in listing their property.Gather information on an owner’s house or a home an owner may be looking for.Provide information to the owner on properties listed.Request the names of others interested in buying or selling a property.Direct or assist in the procuring of a prospect which is calculated to result in the sale, lease, or exchange of real estate.Here is another example.

I was addicted.2) We decided to make our first procurement a rental for his son while he was going to college (slow Flip is what we called it)  After we found this house we were not going to be able to get it ready in time for school  and that strategy was out the window.3) Got on bigger pockets market place and found a house in Indianapolis and went to look at it.  

Yes, it did take a couple to years to get this all sorted out and some of the properties sat uncompleted while new contractors were procured to complete the work.

Listing agents pay Buyer's agent for procuring the client but in this case you saw their listing on Loopnet and their advertisement/marketing procured the buyer.