@John Van Uytven I plan to eventually turn real estate investing into a method of passive income that could replace my current income and allow me to do the things that give me joy (family, volunteering, travelling, et al.).

- ive done many FSBO's buying and selling. if you are competent enough to accurately price your home and handle the negotiations, you will ask yourself why you have ever paid the big money % to a realtor afterwards. most people dont know this but when it comes to the actual transaction, this is all done by a title company. a realtor is there to basically to help find the buyer/seller and act as a middle man instead of the buyer and seller negotiating directly with each other (the method i prefer).call a title company and just talk to them, you would probably be amazed at what all they do and how little it actually costs to transact real estate

I recently heard of these 2 types of transactions and happened to speak with someone indicating they are interested in a leasing some property and wasnt really sure if a possible deal could be structured based on the above methods.

The methods I've used in the past are no longer working well.

Has anyone used the method used in the Creating Wealth by Robert G.

Shawn Holsapple view is definitely discussed in the book Landlording On Autopilot, and I know many people follow that method.  

But I think that if you can calmly and coolly and methodically prove that the value is only $X, while he may reject your offer initially, so long as you maintain a decent relationship he will come back to you after it sits on the market for 6 or 12 months.Unfortunately, that is a waiting game you may not be willing to play and you will be dealing with somebody who is far more emotional than logical about the whole situation.

The API integration is better, but file download method is still a good and acceptable option. nothing negative to say about their customer service.

You can read all you like, what you'll find will be methods, not answers as to costs.

I have wholesaled and flipped from bandits but nothing has met my buy and hold criteria yet from this method.