the reason for these questions is to determine motivation and the potential equityequity is what you will be negotiating for if the seller owes $50,000 and he is asking $100,00 you can guess that the potential equity is $50,000 - cut that in 1/2 to be safe and guess the equity is about $25,000 - the question now is how are you going to negotiate for a part or all of the $25,000who are the decision makersWe are here at Bigger Pockets wishing you success and cash flow --  do not get discouraged - this is a hard business to get into and to be successful - take it easy, be careful of the Big Hats out there, have confidence in yourself and study - study - study Charles

@Jimmy Farag and @Charles Kennedy, not that it is GR8 or anything but I posted a forum some months back about my DMM campaign that I believe might be pertain to the topic at hand.  

As I mentioned above, in respect to location, I'm certainly interested in investing in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, etc.)...

Originally posted by @Charles Worth:@Joshua Nicholas The returns here in NYC are not normally good.

@Charles Marshall - Looks good to me!  

@Charles Press  The 50% rule has nothing to do with financing.

Thanks for the reply, @Charles Lomolino III.

Originally posted by @Cornelius Charles:@Michael McFaddenWe attended the auction at the Sheraton 3 or 4 years ago. 

@Charles A., You're right on the edge of too late but not quite. 

Charles, MO area.