The point is that investors who jump to conclusions soley based on the fact that I'm an investor, are cutting themselves off from potential deals that might actually work for them.BTW, I'm not telling people that I'm open to a "subject to" deal.

One one level they might cut her some slack.

One solution: You could write down a number that you will either pay for your partners' interest or accept for your interest in the assets.That's the same way my mom made my brother and me divide the last pieces of our favorite pie; one cuts the slices and the other gets to choose his piece.

Due to the lack of available fuel used to cook, Haitian in general rely on trees as a method of fuel.

That will cut down on advertising costs when there are vacancies.The 10-unit is on a very large lot, large enough to build another 10-unit.

I think most people just structure the transaction such that the private money finder is a principal in the deal to avoid commission-based licensing (broker dealer) requirements.It is no different than cutting someone in as a JV partner on a RE deal for finding a buyer.

Find the deals and sell them to another investor for a small cut.

The last trustee's sale that I had performed for me (I'm a lender in TX) cost me about $1200 or so, plus my lost interest, late charges and my fix-up and reselling costs (another $12K).My attorney cuts me a pretty tight fee for handling these for me, more than I could do it myself for, less than the bank's attorney (generally a brother in law deal) charges them.

The easiest way to purchase before the sale is to cut a deal with the owner/heirs before the sale.

The obvious choice is to use similar paneling cut to size, but how to keep it in place in the hole?