I'm a betting man and I think you'll be looking for a refund of that $100.

I bet they made a killing there.Also I just thought of if you have family in other areas / states that you visit often you could look there or have them be on the look out for any good deals.

I wouldn't use him at all.Even if you're in a well populated area, your best bet is to go on a site like zillow and put in the address of the house you're looking to buy.Then filter for only rentals and see what they have in the immediate area.

Your best bet in my opinion would be try to get sellers to finance to you and put as little as they would accept.

I realize it may not the big win regarding instant inequity.

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The fax to PDF solution I mentioned might be good if the papers are distributed, but if they are all in one place and need to be scanned in bulk, then other high speed scanners might be a better bet.

If you're doing everything in Illinois, your easiest/safest bet is to form an Illinois LLC.However, an LLC may not be needed at this point.

If a seller has an option between a financed buyer with a 10 day inspection period, or a cash buyer no inspection period, is the person with the contingency going to win, or the one with no contingencies?

For the larger property I worked with local lenders, even had a secondary bank counter offer to try and win my business on the property over to them.