Paying down what amounts to practically free money today is nickels and dimes to a investor that can take that cash and reinvest at a 10% or better return in another property.

No one ever lost a dime, including me!

It shows the value of the contract to you as a buyer, if it's just a dime, no judge is going to see that as a serious value in and to the contract and may simply dismiss your claims against a seller to force any agreement.If your seller never complains, if all goes well and there are no real mess ups, you really don't need to put a ton of money down.

If you subtract repairs of $40,000 your purchase price should be no more than $257,000 if you pay more than that, only a stupid investor will give you a dime more than $257K.

We are in a new era in which you do not need to be advertising for motivated sellers because their a dime a dozen now adays.

they are a dime a dozen in this economy.

Reason being he is representing himself and hasn't had to spend a dime on attorney's fee (I spent close to $4K) and the settlement terms was that he would pay me back less than 1/3 of the back rent he owes me and then stay a few months more to pack up to more but pay me rent while he is there.

Until something sane like that is done, though, they need to stick to arguing over obama's birth certificate and the other absolute time wasters they normally like to pursue on the taxpayers dime.

Learn about their team and what their individual roles are and understand how they make money so you can be confident they have a profitable business without having to nickel and dime you as the property owner.Lots of turnkey options now a days.  

Cash Buyers are a dime a dozen.