s other post on the subject when you pinged me.I don't know this for a fact, but I'd presume that the security deposit funds could remain deposited with the qualified intermediary that's facilitating the 1031.

That necessitates buying low enough to facilitate that.

If lender cannot seek liquidation of collaterals securing loan and no one is up to wasting money to open probate in order to have standing, only to facilitate a no-win short sale?

@Kim Knox, For the few closings I've facilitated one side or the other, I agree.

Investing is taking title, not using contracts in some ploy to circumvent state laws, that is operating and operating in real estate as a business generally requires a license, especially when you are not taking title facilitating a sale.

In theory, because you're a principal in the transaction, rather than just facilitating a transaction involving other people, you're not brokering.  

@Matt M.I'm from Boston, and here is my advice:First get a license and as a licensed agent you can earn a fee to facilitate the transactionIn the listing agreement:The seller can pay you the 3% and you can facillitate the lease and option "acting agent for" Seller is paying you 3%.for facilitating the lease option, and buyer can have 3% option fee to the seller directly.  

If you tell them you want them to lose out just so you don't lose out that doesn't seem like it would facilitate a mutually beneficial continued relationship. 

Wow...really wish I could use the mobile app, but since you only have it for iOS, I guess I'm just up the creek.The number of ways my Samsung Note4 outperforms my previous iPhone and the number of ways it facilitates my REI activities that the iPhone couldn't are too numerous to list.  

Here's a link where @Chris Martinposted about reserves as the lenders want to see them funded, and where I gave some links to projecting useful life of various systems to facilitate establishing reserves:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/867...