", and finally (d) the envelope was addressed by hand to improve the odds of it being opened.We liked this example because it combined aspects of the "small player/personal touch" with "this is a business/I can do what I say here".

Unless they have greased the players with 40k in training fees they haven't given it a chance yet.

Zillow, Trulia, and other are trying to provide knowledge to both buyers and sellers and to provide a marketplace for doing transactions directly.Realize too that like many other industries there are entrenched players that don't want this to happen.

This information is good when you want to know who the big players are.

This is a project that will take millions of $$ to complete, & hopefully all of the prime players will make a million or two...........

The market doesn't have time for pretenders because to many real players are in the marketplace.Show me you have the cash directly and show me you are willing to put it on the line to get the deal.

Sales don't have to be "high pressure" generally the high pressure guys are the  mediocre C players...at best.

They are happy for more passive investments.Engineers, Doctors, business owners, professional sports players, etc. are just a few of my clients.I personally have zero interest in house flipping or residential.

Like all things in this bizz there are the good the bad and the ugly players out there.And with Sellers dealing direct without representation IE a broker or Attorney they can easily be led astray by a very good salesmen..

In the end, that's exactly what happened...in the big money game there are players with a very low cost of capital and a high level of access to capital that can execute quickly and with much higher valuation than you or I would ever consider--and the banks know that.If you intend to carve this thing up you are at an even greater disadvantage because you could even be the high bidder and lose to one of these big-money groups who is taking the whole tape with a 10 day all-cash close.These deals are so attractive because everyone wants to find that one deal that you can retire off of, but it's a mirage.