Originally posted by @Toure Lee:There's a seller whose properties never went through probate.

@John Wassink  @Engelo Rumora @Fred Heller @Rashard Alomari @Alvin Neal, I am using an UK company just for convenience really, being European is much easier to travel to the UK and have a chat with these people instead of flying to the US.

I have the down payment taken care of and I have been touring houses in the area.

Lots of interesting stuff happening all over the region, Novi Sad will be the European cultural center 2021.

I still went on the trip to meet with my broker and tour other properties / make another offer ('Business-related' days accounted for 4 of the 6 day trip).

. - As an agent, I’m expecting you to review the property data I send you through MLS and tell me the addresses of properties you want to tour or make (lowball) offers on.

Or if they say they might do it, you can ask to get a property tour and then after that leave to put together a proposal. 

I get a ton of people messaging me about being interested but then I can’t ever get them to come for a tour.

To me, that is the only way how you can have a in depth understanding on the market...Drive around on a day tour or listening to someone's just do NOT cut it.....Also, I would go one step further to suggest NOT to partner with anybody until you have 10 years of RE experience.....Yes that could limit your scale, so what? 

As to the bus tours, you probably have an REI group near you, might have gone with a small group to open hoses and devised much the same show and tell session for the cost of gas.