Mitch, have you spoken to the Realtor about potentially having to take a cut in commission or some how working in a Sellers Concession?

Once the house is sold, they get a cut of what it was sold for, minus my holding costs.

They put together then loan then sell it off -- thus it has to fit into a cute vanilla box.  

Doing something l call a neat/cute (buying it at a wholesale price then a little neat cleaning and a cute paint job under $900 bucks for a 1200sqft home then selling it to a end user) rehab.

I have a cute little rental now! 

If this guy is already asking for a cut of the profits on the first deal, imagine what he'll want 6 months from now!

Additionally, influences are unique to particular neighborhoods.Of primary consideration is local influence - all the way down to the acutal individual neighborhood and the people living within the neighborhood.National events do have affects all the way down to the neighborhood.

Being able to get up and decide you dont wnat to work for a year while you travel the world has always gave me such a rush of excitement, to acutally be free and not stuck on that 9 to 5 slave cycle where your life depends on a job you care nothing about.

When you control the supply or demand such as government often tries to do OR is artifically done by contracts of speculators who leverage and temporarily control supplies of commodities it is often hard to really gage the acutal supply and demand of any one time period.

Then you get a cut of the profit (a.k.a 'finders fee') and they get a great investment: it's a win-win situation.Definitely worth thinking about...