In a short sale if you are missing a few key pieces the whole transaction falls apart or you start over and lose the buyer to frustration with the process.

I think a good CPA that *you* are comfortable chatting with & bouncing ideas off of is a key part of your business, just like a great attorney, or a great plumber.

That flexibility allows you to manipulate things such as coverage amount, deductible amount, policy form, etc. to more closely match your needs and risk tolerance and thus have some influence on the premiums you pay.Hope this helps some.

By holding the parents accountable, you ensure a little more influence on the responsibility of lease agreements that college students normally would not.

I know I'm a little late on this thread, but I wanted to also offer my congrats.Jon Klaus has had the most influence on me from BP.

I find myself just asking for the key code so i can view properties on my own time and leave them out of doing nothing more than opening a door for me.I have met very few realtors that are really good and there value comes form a vast knoweldge of a market or area as well as really good contacts or access to potential deals before they hit the market. these people are very hard to find.

If they accept, I arrange to meet with them and either sign the lease, collect the full deposit and one months rent in cash and give them the keys, or sign the nonrefundable hold deposit form and collect the deposit, in cash.Screening is a binary decision.

My engineering degree, while not teaching me jack about real estate, refined some of the key skill sets that I believe will make me successful in my real estate endeavor.

Everyone knows that the true key to wealth in real estate is buying and holding and he shows you how to do this successfully.

Now one of the counties I do business in doesn't have the records online, but for the other county looking up the note amount is a normal part of my research for a deal.The key to finding deals lies in two factors, motivated sellers and equity.