Yes.The banks are just uncomfortable being on the other side of the equation and dont like seeing someone else make the profit they usually get.

Once you've settled on a price, it becomes very routine.

The Georgia Secretary of State, Georgia Real Estate Commission, Licensure and Brokerage, states the following: 520-1-.07, Management Responsibilities of Real Estate Firms(e) In order to provide reasonable guidelines for licensees and their support personnel, but without defining every permitted or prohibited activity, the Commission has identified the following tasks that unlicensed support personnel under the direct supervision of a licensee affiliated with a broker can perform:1. answering the phone and forward calls to a licensee;2. submitting data on listings to a multiple listing service;3. checking on the status of loan commitments after a contract has been negotiated;4. assembling documents for closings;5. securing documents that are public information from the courthouse and other sourcesavailable to the public;6. having keys made for company listings and installing or removing lock boxes from company listings;7. writing advertisements and promotional materials for the approval of the licensee and supervising broker;8. placing advertisements in magazines, newspapers, and other media as directed by the supervising broker;9. receiving, recording, and depositing earnest money, security deposits, and advance rents;10. typing contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker;11. monitoring personnel files and license reports from the Commission;12. computing commission checks;13. placing signs on property and removing such signs;14. ordering items of routine repair as directed by a licensee;15. acting as courier for such purposes as delivering documents or picking up keys [the licensee remains responsible for assuring delivery of contracts and closing documents as required by O.C.G.A.

I routinely coach people into the rental business.

I just kind of chuckled sent him a private e mail with one of my closing attorney in MS that I have closed well over 400 loans with :) I know you and I were routinely buying well over 100 houses each per year in portland in those years and those were 200k plus deals. yes the good OLE days for sure

It definitely sounds like routine inspections need to happen with this tenant.

After seeing 800 or so REO closings cross my desk during the past 3 years, having the buyer pay any utility bill is outside the normal routine.

Look at every uncomfortable situation as an opportunity to move forward.  

Post a notice to enter for some routine maintenance you need to do.

Attention all Cleveland, OH area investors and anyone else who is interested in real estate investing.We are going to reboot our Cleveland BP meet-up group on Thursday August 27th at 6pm.We have had a couple of informal, but very enjoyable meet-ups in the past, and we would like to get back into a monthly or bi-monthly routine of meeting up to talk real estate.There is no official format, and there will be no sales pitches at this event.