Spoke to motivated seller and we agreed to 170000 at 1600 a month and I'm going to be assigning the deal so I'll be looking to make around 7k and step out of the deal.

I spoke to motivated seller and negotiated down to a 9k purchase price before seeing the property.

It's great to see another super excited and motivated investor among us.

However I do intend to remain in contact with both the tenant buyer and seller for the life of the contract to make sure things are going well.With cooperative lease options (aka wholesale of lease option/rent to own) it's like traditional wholesaling minus the distressed houses, cash buyers, double closings, etc.

I thought I would poke my head in here.It has been my direct experience that negotiating DIRECTLY with the seller re: selling on terms is the way to go.Having an agent negotiate for me is usually not the way to go.My 2 cents.Also, the motivation of the seller is as important as the finance details of the deal.Do not ever talk money or terms unless you understand the WHIFFMs of the seller (what is in it for me).

I am a very motivated individual who loves to work towards goals.

How about the idea of putting something in the lease that will motivate the tenant to turn in the checklist within a certain time limit?

Direct contact with motivated sellers is basically the same as a FSBO, the only difference is the haven't actually posted it for sale yet.

Generations later, the problem is worse primarily because there is no motivation.

One was an angry guy that yelled at me, another was just curious, the other wanted to sell but wanted retail and wasn't nearly motivated enough to come down even a little.