What you are looking to avoid is leaving it up to contractors to low ball and then hit you with all the "unforeseen" problems when you have little choice but to absorb more costs and blow up your budget.

He literally purchased the home 9 weeks ago and just rehabs a few homes like this on the side each year.As far as my goal at BP, I love learning and I am looking to Network wherever possible, especially in my local area and hope to find some good people to partner with to get the ball rolling.

Thank you so much for your suggestions and input @VictoriaWinters , @Dave Horn and @Joseph Ball I am putting the first 20 out in a couple of days.

That said, when we tell an agent we are dealing with them on a specific property, it's their ball to carry or drop.The realtor will submit the offer on your behalf ... and will likely negotiate on your behalf.  

If the price is way too high you might want to callthem back in 30 days as low-balling them might be insulting to them and you don’t want to ruin yourchances down the road.

There are countless stories about the big banks totally dropping the ball on these loans, so I would prefer to deal with someone local, if possible.  

@Joseph Ball I love that goal!

I've never been on the money side of it.Thank you Jim Viens, Frankie Woods, David T and Joseph Ball...you comments and advice are duly noted and very valuable.

There have been some ball-drops in the communications department, but it's been a solid working relationship so far, and up to this point I have been working solely with the owner and his assistant. 

````````````````````````````````````Great listing - sales agents will steer away their clients from low ball cash offers.