This deal came to us through our extensive network, with our partner Rodney Lomax bringing the opportunity to the table.

There's a chance that you are crapping on their grandparents' hutch or the dining room table that was in their childhood home.

They are a French EV battery maker. 

I can't tell you how many times I've seen this - both in working complex investigations in law enforcement and in dragging loans across the finish line to the closing table.

Sellers did not allow us to get professionals in to give estimates for a french drain before closing (yes, our red flag we should have walked away with), but agreed to lower closing price. 

Developing a relationship and understanding the skillset your agent will bring to the table is vital upfront and puts even more responsibility on the buyer to have selected an agent that will get them to the finish line. 

So, I was reading this book a while back called "Setting the Table" by Danny Meyer.

We know how it works from the borrower side but we are not sure how things work on the other side of the table like how to finding borrowers etc.

Offer to run errands, make hardware store trips, bring capital to the table etc.

I was being told bring a mili to the table for STRs, or stay out.