No offense but California is unlike anywhere else.

No offense Nicole, but you are trying to make this something it is not and to some extent I am not sure you get it.

I'd do my best to stoke up a bidding war and let him tell me what concessions his side is prepared to make.From what I'm reading it sounds like you were in a routine negotiation and you seem to have taken offense that the other side wanted a better deal.  

They will typically be a bit higher in rate then a Fannie/Freddie Loan and most will have prepayment penalties, but they also only cash flow the property instead of doing a "global cash flow" like Fannie and Freddie do.

People who have been in this game for any length of time have been offered partnerships, and no offense but you're not even the hot little redhead marathon runner in a tight shirt sitting in front of me at the moment.

No offense CurtBut the you have to spend money to make money argument doesn't always work.Without question that product is overpriced.

"the cutting edge real estate online marketing strategies"Darn, I miss the old trailing edge strategies.Sorry, unless you're at a global scale, SEOs (even if you pay religiously) aren't much of a high-quality traffic generator. 

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In the end it was less than I expected.No offense to Brokers.

No offense taken.