I didn't have the heart to tell him (my wife kicked me under the table) that we have done that many times after we buy a foreclosure or tax lien property & re-sell it 'as is' to an investor, (sometimes holding the note at the higher price @ 12-14%).

I might be able to push 3 million on costs Take a real good look at the tax tables for a million dollars income. 

What do you bring to the table that will help someone decide that it's time to sell - and to sell to you?

Unless the seller were willing to bring cash to the table, effectively paying you to buy the property (and like THAT's going to happen!)

Your portion of that downpayment could be as low as 15% if you bring a vendor carry and/or CMHC to the table.

Labor and materials$375.00GCFramingRemove french doors.

If you have $5k sitting in a bank account and theoretically expect to earn as high as 26% on some deal (e.g. this one), that $5k sitting there means you are potentially leaving over $1200 on the table - every year.

I began this approach by: - documenting every task that is done by my company - working with my assistant so she documents in fine detail how each task is conducted - (next step) is to organize the tasks into categories and create a table of contents - (then), Mind Map each task and organize the visual representation into a booklet.

PP=$200K, Sale Price=$300K, Gain=$100K Since a 1031 exchange is off the table, here are a few things we've come up with so far:1.

In my opinion, a good agent brings a lot more to the table than the MLS, and you would be losing a valuable member of your team.