Also, the successful launch of their IPO and the interest from money managers and investors, especially if it continues, is going to give them great legitimacy so they will have a lot of leverage to deal with the power players in this field, e.g., The National Association of Realtors.

Also this property has changed hands and listings since Oct' 2010 which is a red flag to me that something else could be wrong with the property.

Miss two player on my team.

. :)Bryan as another commercial broker said to me.He has a stack of buyers.The ones looking for a needle in a hay stack go to the bottom of the list.My mantra is if I am going to look that long and hard for a deal like that then (I) will be buying it and realizing the returns.I think what happens with funds is that they are getting beat out by local investors willing to buy at a lower return.These local investors usually have decades of knowledge on the areas compared to the outside investors.They are comfortable paying more because of local knowledge whereas an out of county or state investor wants to price in the risk resulting in a lower offer.This is what I find with my listings.Investor A that is local will pay Y and then investor B comes in with a 20% lower offer because they don't know the area.Investor A wins out and closes the deal with more net to the seller or bank.A fund could partner with investor A to get the inside track on the area.This is what my developers would do to get a project pushed through.You use the locals that have the political ties.Nobody likes to see the big boys come in and push them around in their towns.Much easier using locals to cut through the red tape.

The Eagles have picked up some good players in the off season.

So far to my understanding, the main players I need in my RE team is a RE attorney and an investor friendly title company.

I just hung out with big players in the game and asked a lotta questions.

My attorney said for about every 1,000 transfers he's seen, a red flag was raised maybe 4 or 5 times and the lender dropped it after receiving a short letter of explanation from his office.

S and P isn't everything.There are 2 other agencies as well.If all 3 downgraded I think it would be more severe.They were saying that other countries that have experienced the down grade really saw no significant consequences from it.The problem with companies in the U.S is the cost does not pencil in.Many of the larger companies have massive upcoming retirements to pay out.Meanwhile many of these other countries businesses are fairly new.They can get low cost cheap labor and export to the United States and get credits from our government to do it.Meanwhile companies that start up here get burdened with bloated government,red tape,no credits,very high wages compared with overseas companies.When they say our companies go overseas for production it is not a shock to me.I instead say why in the world would they make a product here??

Oh, and yes, when a visitor to your house sees the Lasershield system it will be a red flag for them :cry: so I tried hiding it and making sure I gave the showing agent clear instructions before visiting.