If it's your deal, try to get it low enough to meet your buyers criteria and make your spread while leaving meat on the bone (hint: what buyers say doesn't necessarily match their actions).

If you don't have a Federal Identification Number, do you just leave that blank?

Jon has been an incredible asset to the community, and I hope you'll leave some appreciation for his efforts in keeping this place running smoothly.It is not an easy job that we have in keeping our community second to none, but I do believe that there is no other real estate community that comes close.

On Sunday, I met a real estate agent who showed the foreclosure, listed for $89k.After gushing about her credentials (she is on the state board), she mentioned that she's received 3 calls about the property so far and that there is a lot of interest.After looking around, when I was leaving, she casually suggested that I offer $100k.

There are 92,000+ Fannie / Freddie homes at any given time in the pipeline (July 2011 stat) these homes have a 120 day turn time with a constant set coming in and leaving.

You don't leave yourself a lot of time for due diligence and all the other minutia that goes into closing a deal (considering 4 or 5 deals).

So, that leaves you with true cash flow of about $217 a month or $2602 a year.

When she leaves its coming out of the deposit.

Do you leave them without coverings, put blinds up or???

After the "buyer" gives up and leaves they do it over again with a new buyer.