It's not mandatory in NJ to have a signed written agreement but it is required that agents inform the prospective client of agency relationships verbally and in writing by giving them a copy of Consumer Information Statement (CIS) prior to any substantive discussion of the prospect's needs and wants.

Also, you will have to play the role of realtor including screening calls, showing the property, reviewing and negotiating offers, and that can become very time consuming.

The software vendor for our MLS system is Rapattoni , and I haven’t even been to the training class, just test driving at this point.My initial focus was to identify good flipping neighborhoods by looking for aggregations of MLS “consumer” sales/listings/pendings (not lender or short sales) in the past 9 mths throughout my broad target areas, in the exit price range I wanted to focus on initially (100-150K).

The time consuming part is usually shifting funds, or financing, then getting the rehab going with additional funds.

I need some help from the seasoned investors here in the Atlanta Market.What is your target consumer home product (price range, size, const. type, location, etc.)

A few things to keep in mind:- Making offers is generally not a very difficult or time-consuming process.

He disagreed completely citing a story of some tenants that used an iron to burn marks in his carpets in every room and poured cement down his drainsas well as took a hammer to all the tile in the bathroomsok horror tenants aside/my argument to putting niceties in the rental is to keep the rental rented,with the housing market the way it is there are a lot of rentals to chooose from what makes yours special I am not saying buy marble counter tops but maybe corian perhaps go to ikea and get a floating vanity instead of a pre purchased tub surround tile with 12x12 make your bathrooms look like a 4 star hotel or at least a three star.why?

The theory goes as the economy moves from expansion to contraction and back again, there are certain sectors of the market you need to be in, e.g. energy, consumer staples, tech, chemicals.

Kind of ironic that you are referencing an academic's theory to support the theory that learning theory is *potentially counterproductive.

It is a shame that many lenders fail to educate their applicants/consumers about lending practices and how credit card debts, student loans, car payments etc can affect their loan qualifications.