Most of the real estate analysis techniques I learned before I ever purchased my first property were from Steve, and I'm still hoping we can be on the same real estate team some day!

In real estate marketing, it's test, test, test (marketing techniques that is.)

I have driven the miles, sent yellow letters, left behind door hanger advertisements, posted on Craigslist, used Bandit signs (with no major luck), as well as several other techniques.

Brian you seem to be very interested in treating people very fairly and really helping them and that's what I am all aboutMany wholesalers who have been taught " to step on people to make money "contact me because they want to help Sellers fix problems and develop a reputation for being fair and honestI had one of my students that was a wholesaler for five years and really hated it because he had to keep going back to the seller to push the price down because the cash buyer wanted to cheaper priceI look at the best way to get started in real estate is to get your license and solve problems for sellers and get testimonials on your website that you were honest and fair helping them solve their problemMy dad was a poor Irish second-generation in Boston and had no money when he was a kid and he became an orthopedic surgeonHe told me "do no harm" when I was a boyI think to me "the wholesaling fever pitch seminar racket" is "stepping on people to make money"An alternative to the "wholesaling only" model is to be able to "help sellers sell on terms verses for cash"Ron LeGrand in Tampa has said to his students get licensed because of the brokering laws in FLI really feel that people should just do the right thing in the beginning, learn every legal way to help people with real estate, and you'll develop a reputation for being a great fair business personif your licensed you can act as a principal and use creative techniques like subject to, lease-option assignment, wraparound mortgages, master lease options, master leases, whatever tool works for the situation

Now...if they owe just a little too much, you could and should always have a system for follow up (might need many months to pass) because values do change and principle does go down and you might and should have built relationships with other people that can make those deals work because they buy at smaller margins, with fancy shmancy techniques or buy in those areas you don't buy in. 

Don't rob the future of this technique. ., It would be interesting to see of a BP poll of active investors how many started out as wholesalers.I think that would solve this debate real quick.

It's not really an investment technique - it's a business.Answer:  I agree...

You better understand why its created the way it is and use very basic communication techniques.  

From my study, subject-to is a technique by which the investor gains the title to a property but doesn't have to get a mortgage on that property he is about to control.

My wife and I have not tried this technique. (817)312-3626.