We have exchanged several emails regarding this dispute in the last week; culminating in an email I received a couple days ago stating that they feel I am violating their privacy rights by not adhering to the 10-3 agreement and they threw in some lovely legalese about not having brought the issue up earlier for fear of 'retaliation'!

Its regionalized in areas were if your goal is to buy SFR's and there are plethora's of them then probably not that important as agents will bring them to you and you will always have deals to bid on.But if your in Very tight inventory markets were wholesaling is not nearly as prevalent as other areas.

At this stage it's more important for me to buy right than to buy fast out of fear.

I'm a newer agent in Oregon and haven't been prospecting for listings as much as I should have being that I'm afraid of cold calling/door knocking due to fear of rejection.

Wow. 20x cheaper than I feared.

I try to remove fear from my mind and give everyone the benefit of the doubt, while still remaining a law abiding citizen.

I still want to sell as I am fearful of having to constantly visit the area.

If it does look like a killer deal, then get it under a well structured purchase contract with a price that takes into account everyone else's fear about getting into this kind of deal.You see, there's leverage in other people's fear and you don't have to be afraid.

(There are, of course, rougher areas of town but everything seems to be selling like mad lately.)I'm in sales, so I have no fear about taking calls and closing deals.

You might get delayed but nothing to fear here.You could also market the house with owner financing.