Assuming the existing owner rejects your offer, relationship generally goes south and you seek judicial eviction/ejection, how do you guard against the existing owner destroying the house or stripping it down?

Excellent reputation, and will add a lot more weight to your offer than a credit union.Also if the property is in DC proper....frankly you have very little chance of getting an offer accepted with an inspection contingency.  

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She will get the commisionIf you assign the contract to a third party, you are no longer the buyer and the agent would not have a relationship to the buyer or perhaps even the transaction.  

Excellent question!

If appraisal was for 280K, but the county assessed the property at 315K, you either have an excellent case for a tax protest (and I hope you filled for that already) or you need a new appraisal.2. $200/unit is good, but not excellent.

@Mathew Collins @Adrian Lopez Hey fellas, fellow VC investor/agent here - there's an excellent meetup tonight in Thousand Oaks at 6:30 at the Mimi's Cafe off of Moorpark Rd. if you can make it.

The Seller's agent knew the Seller ahead of time and has developed a working relationship with the Seller.

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