Without knowing why we are building our business, we may not find the motivation to work outside of our current jobs: I work in software and she in real estate.I came to BG today, in fact, to look for help in crafting my mission statement. 

I'm excited to finally starting my dream of getting involved in Real Estate.I am very motivated to get started, I have been reading a lot over the years on and offline and I finally feel I am ready.I took everyone's advice and found a close friend who I hope will become my mentor.

are there specific things that you say or ask when speaking to a motivated seller or buyer to evaluate them?

Whether it would be appropriate for this instance really depends on the seller's motivation.

Providing a break for my family is the motivation and the driving force behind my stepping into the real estate business.

Of course, to protect my interest in the property I would have to record a memorandum of option on the property.My questions: 1) Can lease options be a way to achieve similar results to a subject to in cases where sellers are motivated but are unwilling to risk giving up the deed?

Got a call from a motivated seller today.

I keep coming across Pretty Houses, primarily in Sugar Land, where the seller is not motivated to do a Wholesale deal but might consider a LO.

Derek, any motivated seller!

.: Some more winners 12) Insurers-decreased chance of an empty house being broken into by copper thieves or other vacancy issues. 13) Building supply stores- Will sell additional materials to the end buyers who are improving their home. 14) Private mortgage insurers (if there was one involved) will not have to pay off on a foreclosed property.15) almost all concerned can afford to buy some ice cream from the ice cream parlor16) Farmers benefit by selling more milk for ice cream17) Farm subsidies go down18) Government debt is decreased19) Credit to China is easily repaid20) China's influence is then decreased on the world stage21) Japan decides to take islands in the Gulf of Japan that are disputed22) War breaks out between Japan and China23) The US enters the war due to Japan's Treaty as allied forces24) China sends a nuke over and takes out Dallas25) The collateral is destroyed and not insured as it was an act of war.Laughable justifications in doing the wrong thing won't change anything, eventually it can lead to your destruction, might be sooner than later.