Because its a buyer's market and one way to move a property is to offer seller financing.Keep in mind seller financing is a broad area.

I do not think it will tarnish your reputation or your credibility and I do not think that you have to offer full price.If the contract is assignable then assign it or if you have concerns with the seller or your buyer knowing what you make then double close it.Once you have an executed contract the seller has a legal liability to sell it to you at that price no matter what you are doing with it, and their realtor will surely share that with them.

When you must pay more to get access to everything the group has to offer, that's a certain sign that they're not interested in sharing information - they're interested in making money.2.

( as far as my understanding these are the people who are most likely to not be able to pay for the property or just want to get rid of it) I would like to send out some marketing peices (letters etc...) to offer my services to help with the situation.

Remember - your really doing a LEASE with an option to buy and the vast majority of the time you will end up with the house back again.The only way to get the tenant / buyer to do the repairs is to offer it with a low money option and a low rent - but if you price it right it works like a charm.

2) She said she was intersted in what I had to offer, but why would she bother?

My last option is to offer the buyers a couple of thousand to assign the contract to you.

REO Seller asking 99,900Property 1 1500 sq ft split ranch SF 3 bd 3 ba 2 car garage120k-138k ARV comps 109900-115000-151300-167900@ 65%- 20,000 REPAIR COST -4 POINTS -6 MONTHS INTEREST ONLY MONTHLY PAYMENTS @12% ROLLED INTO THE LOAN WITH 3 EXIT STRATEGIES in hopes of moving the properties quickly because even the best laid plan can fail as we were told and read we need to be prepared.WE WANT TO OFFER TO THE SELLER BUT NEED POF before we can even make an offer$55,200.00 CASH OFFER with hml or pml backing.REO Property 2205,825 ARV117,325 listed with the information we have found so farstill waiting on county assessor to get deed info from mortgage holder.

You'll find the members here at the site more than willing to offer sound advice.

My 2 cents is that its pretty safe to offer 50% less than the current value of the home + repairs needed (if 50% less is not greater than 75k for homes under 300k).