That said, there are other ways you can strengthen your offer such as putting a dollar threshold on any potential inspection objection, offering an appraisal gap, escalation clauses, etc.

Avoid "shiny object syndrome" because it's the #1 business killer.

The objective of wholesalers is to find people too dumb to know what their property is worth or to ask for POF 

So I work as a inside sales specialist currently, and my colleague that sits next to me does RE Sales on the side at the job we work together (he’s working himself up to go full time with RE) Doing RE agent has interested me before and I’m more interested in it now.

"Homework"; -Define financial objectives/goals that are numbers based - Gather realistic personal financial information and what you think you can afford and cross reference with goals as well as an expanded search of various markets both outside of Austin and out of state to research availability - pinpoint locations in state/out of state (Education phase)- meet with lenders, either commercial or otherwise to see what you indeed qualify for once you've narrowed down property types and locations (Education phase)  - Start interviewing PM's if you're looking outside of your current investing area and will not serve as your own PM (Education phase)- Get with an agent in your desired area and for your desired property type and start looking at deals (Shopping phase) - submit offers/LOI  armed with your information from Education phase & Shopping phase (Transaction phase)This is the breakdown that can be helpful as an outlined plan of action/phases for some of the out of state investors clients I have, but should work for you to start with in TX as well.

My objective is for both parties to be treated fairly so that we can grow our partnership with mutual benefit for years to come.

Your goals and objectives are important. 

If not, you will end up with shiney object syndrome and not actually pulling the trigger.

In so doing, I went back to my realtor to propose a new offer 8k lower BEFORE the inspection given the sellers stipulation; since he objected to changes after the inspection.

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