Maintaining a state of eternal readiness to act, while mentally tiring, can lead to major unexpected site savings, as today's case study will describe.No More Sewer Lift StationsHaving identified the job site as a shallow service location, we budgeted an additional $2500, plus significant inconvenience factor for install of sewer lift stations.

The mentality of the investors who know "Home Run" deals exist is completely different compared to the person who has convinced themself "Home Run" deals are impossible. 

Indicate that if they are willing to work with you, you'll be more lenient about the deposit.My guess is that these losers won't understand that and have mentally written off the deposit already, but maybe it's worth a try.

Hi…so we have this 6 flat we bought a month ago and we did another walk through today and of the newest tenants (not leased by us) was a bit odd…not strange in mental health way, but somethings didn't add up….she claims she is the only person living there but NONE of the closets have ANY clothes…zero, nota stich.  

I went to school for mental health and counseling and did group therapy work (as an intern) with people who had drug and alcohol issues.   

When I made that mental commitment to myself things went a lot faster.Specifically, this property I found on redfin.com and saved it as a "favorite" because I liked it, but it was priced high. 

With that being said, in Connecticut, when we purchased a building and had a tenant that was in the process of being evicted and was going to leave on their own, our attorney felt comfortable with the tenant signing the below AND returning the keys.Dear Landlord of [ADDRESS],I, [TENANT], residing at [ADDRESS] am giving formal written notice that I have vacated my apartment at [ADDRESS] and will NOT be returning.Sincerely,[TENANT]______________________________ ______________________________Signature                                         DateAgain, please don't take this as legal advice without consulting an attorney, and this also goes back several months, so it's possible I am having a slight mental lapse if our attorney mentioned anything else. :)Good luck.

A short can't take place unless a Mortgagee approves taking less for a lien.In addition to disposition, the mentality of a borrower is different.

I've never been to an auction, but the bidding war mentality you describe is exactly the behavior which is warned against in a book I read about foreclosures a couple of years ago.

so first .. we have this shooting in AZ which has nothing to do with political rhetoric, suddenly the entire media is telling everyone to tone it down, etc. etc. it's all the place over - lets use softer language , blah , blah blah.. .. and now i come to my favorite real estate web site and find that the mentality has permeated ever deeper.