Customary carries more weight in enforcing any agreement than imagination.But, that's what gets attention and ultimately turned into some product, showing something new, different, profitable, unusual or that little know secret method presented with a skewed interpretation of reality or accepted thinking. :)

Now that I know its possible, I COULD buy the list like this and I don't mind putting in the time but if I'm buying a product, I should be able to get it how I want from the start - the list broker hasn't responded to my emails so I'll be on the phone with them today to settle it for sure.

On top of actually working with the mentor, make sure you spend plenty of time enhancing your basic real estate investing knowledge.

Reputation matters to these agents and if you get a rep as a guy who will take product and perform on contracts that can make you money down the road when he slides you deals first.

Your assessment of the BS radar going off when you hear someone talk about bulk trades is true, however, that is due to the amount of brokers out there trying to make a quick buck by either remarketing product "posing" as the direct seller or getting a buyer to sign a fee agreement up front and then trying to go up the daisy chain to locate the direct seller.

All of our projects include anywhere from 4 to 12 regional construction banks approving the project who have audited all of our due diligence work product figures and perform their own independent value studies.

I think the market and the product will make us a good 15% in six or seven months, so I'm not really kicking up a fuss about it.

There are also community responsibility aspects that ensure you're allowed to stay in business.Next, understand too that RE, especially the internet, is full of promoters having motives to profit from mentoring, coaching, selling books, programs or other materials that are hyped in marketing products or services.

In general I think any time is a great time to buy if you have access to sufficient non-MLS deal flow and know how to evaluate opportunities for given product types in a given area.

I was scanning a blog I found here on BP when I noticed the following statement.Total private-market securitization this year: about $13 billion, roughly one week of GSE-based production.