Here is the book's link: http://www.amazon.com/Shift-Estate-Agents-Tackle-Tough/dp/0071605266#reader_0071605266 Now if you focus onhelping the seller sell their home and preserve their equity dollars by selling on terms rather than for cash at a discount, you can get a win for you as the investor or agent, for the seller who is stuck, and for the buyer that has good income but needs time to get a mortgage.

It does sound like you bought assignment rights and are stepping into the shoes of the winning buyer at sale.

You want to build a list of REPEAT customers so that everyone wins.

@Jay Hinrichs  I think if the wholesaler offers TRUE CONSIDERATION for a contract, or option, that they would win a legal battle, if it came to that.

What are some strategies that have been successful for you here beginning a career in sales, approaching and successfully working with investors, and establishing long term win-win relationships?

You want the terms.like home warranty,  appliances, closing cost, seller financing....etc.negotiating is a skill that everybody has to WIN in the game. 

The nanny threatened to sue, and California tenant laws are in her favor so she would likely win.

Originally posted by @Wilson Churchill:Speaking only for myself, I "feel" better when I am making a mathematically correct decision regarding my finances rather than by making token payments on debts.Which is why you likely don't have debt issues...People who DO have debt issues don't generally think this way, and for them, psychological wins can be more powerful than mathematical wins...

. :)I've never seen anybody go all the way and win one of these reimbursements of DD money in small claims.  

If the messed up part turns out to be why you become an investor then you'll win in the end.