people say, well face your fears and go for it...okay, sure - but first, let me learn a little about this BEFORE i go and plop down my credit, my savings and whatever little else i have on any old property just because i'm hard up to make become "financially free"...lolthat's an oximoron right there!

This seems like the only face-to-face group in this area.

Ben....wipe that smirk off your face :)Nice job and follow-through.

At first this sounded a lot like "selling education" again...but I am seeing students actually walking away with gigantic grins on their faces because they just turned their $10,000 Boot Camp fee into a lot more money.So I am here to actually learn a lot more than I can share right now, but perhaps as time goes on, I will be able to contribute more helpfully.I am glad to see a good forum like this one.

If he concluded that you are a little green (whether you are or not) he may have it in his mind that you're not going to end up buying the place and thus he may be doing the bare minimum for you.

The home was priced at 180,000, just barely for us to still live comfortably with the mortgage.

Selling with seller finance doesn't give you enough cash to do anything and it'll take a lot of seasoning, I'm guessing at least a year to get over 60% of face value for your note.all cash

If the seller is ready to face reality or needs to sell quickly you can do OK.

I don't think pre-approval letters are "worthless" but they are if you take them at pure face value without talking to the loan officer directly.

They said "ok", and shut the door in my face.