It's all relative.In SOME cases even with FSBO you can save but in many cases you lose.Just like lotto tickets you hear the occasional winner and not the thousands and thousands of losers.I am really happy it worked out for you.My clients on the commercial side understand the value of time and money.Meaning they do not have hundreds and hundreds of hours to learn the selling process to save a little on commission.If you look at it they really LOSE MONEY because it takes away time from their business or area of expertise where they make a lot more money then their perceived savings on any commission.So in that respect my clients are always glad to pay usually whatever fee I have as long as it is not outrageous.Mostly 7 to 10% depending on what it is.I work with clients who put a premium on time and want help and will pay for it.There is a market for flat fee companies that is a volume business.That's not the type of business I want just like I am not into the per transaction fee model for agents on that end either.

I would never try to get away with damaging someone's property and not doing right by the owner.

It is quite possible that a lot you had bought for an investment with the intention of selling in 5 years ends up being the perfect place to build your ideal getaway.

In Austin area (Round Rock) where I have two of my properties, you have no choice.

I would like to add a question to this discussion: If you are a wholesaler and using an end buyers money to close the deal is using the end buyers money for your emd not only legal but can you get away with it?

He didn't pay because he thought he could get away with not paying by using the excuse that the apartment is in bad shape beacuse of things like: "there is rust on the sink and there isn't proper AC."

How can the city give me a ticket for tall grass?

And I'm a realtive newbie.I am buying HUD's and only submitting earnest money if they indicate they accepted my offer.If I got several accepted in one round, I MIGHT back out of the least desirable ones.

They haven't paid the past two rounds of taxes...so one year behind means that they're 510k delinquent.

Cash flow for 11 would be 15k per year, while 8 unit would be 13k per year (rounded up or down)recent appraisal on 11 unit this year was 255k.