I know that this house would go really fast if I were doing a regular wholesale on it at $75k-$85k.

Maybe you could run around and take pictures of their inventory for them (which they are required to do on a regular basis) in exchange for access to the MLS.

He came out and I watched him clean and completely service my furnace.

We are communicating regularly and sharing reliable on the ground intel just like we are doing here.I am staying flexible and staying ready to pounce on the wonderful opportunities that are going to open up when things begin to fragment....as they are fragmenting around us now.

One property is in Alabama (my private residence) and another is located in Florida (second home).My regular (and I say 'regular' mortgage broker, because he has already did two for me in Alabama and never steered me wrong) broker can do my Alabama home.

I process property valuations (Broker Price Opinions - BPOs) for financial institutions on a regular basis.

What are the circumstances in which it would make sense to do a regular option vs. a lease option?

With that said, there are always investors that do hibitual repeat business and I will regularly reduce my wholesale profit to give them a deal better than they ask for.

I follow-up with a regular phone call or e-mail, just to remind them that I am still around.

So far, it seems the TARP funds are being used to clean up banks balance sheets and to buy other banks, and the feds are getting a bunch of marginal or bad debt.