A legitimate RE agent is going to sign an agreement with the current owner, list the property on the MLS, present offers to the bank, and get paid BY THE BANK out of the proceeds when you close.

There are TOOOO many legitimate resources out here (BP being one of them to allow these predatory salesman take advantage of a new investor's lack of knowledge).2.

The Screening Guidelines document is a great tool to have a legitimate, non-discriminating reason to decline applicants.

My belief is that anyone analyzing their market needs to look slightly to the future, or at least stay solidly in the legitimate present to take advantage of opportunities.

Some buyers get scared of....so are you going to risk scaring off a legitimate buyer if no other offers exist?

with the toilet not functioning at the inspection, I don't see that you can legitimately claim that you were unaware that if wasn't functioning.

I just figured if I’m making business cards the real question is should I have a company when wholesaling to legitimize what I’m doing in the potential seller’s mind? 

I’m a legitimate cash buyer on some transactions (not using hard money etc) and will gladly close and pay you a fee if you found the deal but a large non-refundable deposit and close in a week with little to no inspection time (usually how these go) is not gonna happen.Also keep in mind, I have done non refundable fees before, but in that case it was to the owner.

Since they got a huge part of the blame for the Great Recession, so they've learned their lesson and are coming in at accurate values, not inflated ones.See: Forbes - Appraisers May Be Holding Back The Housing MarketThird, the inventory is legitimately low.

Makes you look more legitimate, and keeps everyone on the same page.