I usually find the most success in playing mid-day rounds and as summer has approached, the snowbirds are gone and the public courses are playing at about 4 hours a round.

If their message can’t withstand public scrutiny, you’d be wise to be cautious.The better answer depends upon how secure you want your family to be.

Having the buyer upfront avoids the need to publicly market the property and provides you several options to perform the wholesale deal legally and ethically.  

The only way these days is through public/ private non profit JV to get deals done like they are doing in Detroit, Atlanta and other areas.

Unfortunately, it was an internal talk, and they don't make those public. 

Rob - You're more than welcome to have a Pm conversation with Charles, but I think he's posting on the forum so we can get a public conversation going for the benefit of the rest of the membership.Hopefully you'll think about sharing all that industrial knowledge for the rest of us to learn from.

There is a publication in Portland called the Landlord Times and it cites a transaction by a Dallas based investment firm buying (in Portland Oregon) a Lloyd District midrise at a high 3% to a low 4% cap rate.

If either involves any sort of public hearing and approval, then you are probably in trouble.

Dale,If they have public meetings to debate this stuff, you and the other LLs should attemd--they may listen to you if enough people show up, although I know that the west coast isn't that LL friendly.

9) Dual agentsTo be fair, some of the things they published WERE fraudulent like bribing BPO agents or reverse staging, but thier misleading publications are going to have Realtors up in arms about short sale investors.