She won't have to be at the closing table.

Is there any discount value on the table, forced appreciation, or just general appreciation in the future?

Hi,Looking at the property is most important. if you tell her you can just drive by or look inside to determine if you will make a full offer or if she will have to bring money to the table she may help out more.When you get the address you might be able to google it and at least see the outside and the neighborhood the street view.Short sales take a lot of time and red tape, it has to be approved and the seller will have to prove she can no longer make the normal payments.If that is the case the mortgage holder is looking for a magic number, I have done a few of these.What else is going on with this deal?

Deals are made across the kitchen table, face to face with a seller. 

For example: You're sitting at the kitchen table of a motivated seller.

I noticed you are out in Mountain House (love the area by the way, I've got friends who live out there in a gorgeous 5/3 that costs the same as my 3/1 in San Leandro).

Put it on the table and see what happens!! 

In the past I was a single man, but now I have a wife and two daughters – so I need to make sure I am able to keep a roof over their heads and food on their table first and foremost.I’ve been a member for about a week and a half now and I have already learned a ton of new info.

What exactly are you bringing to the table that MLS isn't?

Brandon Turner suggests putting a credit report in there and making a table of contents.