When I'm the buyer, I want the property vacant at least a couple days before close of escrow so I can do a final walk-thru.

Im not spoilt for choice right now and I've had great returns on my last 3 jobs, but I need to start dealing with the guys he's dealing with!

Opinions will vary on this, but I never put a house on the market until it is totally complete with landscaping, final cleanup and staging completed.You only get one chance to make a good first impression with a buyer, you want the buyer to be noticing all the great features, you dont want them looking and noticing incomplete or unfinished items.We have had many of our houses sell first weekend on the market this past year.

Validity may not have been the best choice because I have to spell it out for most people.I always abbreviate checks and such, Validity HBC.Really doesn't matter too much because I formed an LLC partnership with it and an LLC I have for tax reasons.

Just not enough inventory, and what was there was getting bid up to ridiculous levels.We've spent the past year working on alternative methods of acquisition, and are finally starting to get some deals in the pipeline.

Be sure you do the resale portion -- that will give you a final cash flow, which is the expected cash proceeds from the sale of the property (after paying off the mortgage and costs of sale).

But they shouldn't be giving you ultimatums.Ultimately, you have to be the one that makes the final decisions on your deals.

Just my choice and opinion..

He has had 3 offers, finally the bank approved the last one, (he struggled to prove hardship on his end etc) but this last offer backed out.

I have always been intererested in real estate and finally decided to jump in.