We were just a little larger than you currently are in properties, smaller in net worth, when my attorney made a special appointment with me (BACKWARDS since I am usually the one making appointment).

â€Question #2: “When looking at homes on our own and calling the listing agents ourselves to set up appointments, does that obligate us to go with the listing agent if we decide to place an offer on the property?

I just set my appointment each time.

Because you are much more likely to convert the lead to an appointment if you like the deal.

You'll create a statement that says, "we the undersigned, all the members of Foo Bar LLC do hearby appoint Courtney S as the manager of Foo Bar LLC, and authorized her to conduct all business on behalf of Foo Bar LLC."

All that you have to do is to pick up the telephone right now, and call me at (your phone number) to set up an appointment so that I can make you an offer to buy your house today.

Nothing else.When I'm waiting for doctor's appointments-dentists, in line for other mundane consumer chores, I put stuff on index cards and study them. like sales objection handlers, marketing ideas, and the like.Or I talk into a portable digital tape recorder.Or I practice to complete and utter strangers my "elevator speech."

My only real regret is I do expect a lot of SCOTUS appointments and don't like the thought of the socialist types Obama will appoint.

I'm going to miss a president who at least waits a couple years to royally f*$# things up and can appoint treasury secretaries who know how to fill out a 1040.Interesting revisiting old threads....

We have to deal with bank-appointed independent appraisers like everybody else too.