Once established I left the team for greener pastures as I was generating enough of my own business.Make a point to talk with the brokers at all of your local RE offices and see who offers something that best fits what you want to accomplish.And yes, most will allow free or discounted "personal" transactions.

Im new to the Forum and the business as well but the podcast has been a tremendous help.

State laws vary tremendously but in general if you have a tax lien and foreclose you wipe out any other liens.

The knowledge form the course will help you tremendously.

Do you know the best online retailer where we can buy discount gift cards.

Does Redfin or another discounter work in your area?  

This helps me tremendously. 

Here are my thoughts so far:1) Kind of obvious...find a new w-2 job and close as planned.2) Figure out a private money situation to act as the bank and close with cash (The lender has a $10k discount in place if you use their "in house" lender, so circumventing this coud potentially cost me an additional $10k on the purchase price)3) See if there is a way to market and sell or assign my existing contract to a new buyer and possibly flip it for a profit since I have equity in it.

You will find this a tremendous resource for all of your real estate needs.

This happens when you purchase at a not-low-enough discount to the retail price.