Some of the best deals will be the ones you can do with none of your own money or credit, but you need something you can bring to the table.

At 60 years of age, I imagine myself holding a pile of deeds, not a mountain of new loans.

I shoot for cash flow always because net worth does not put groceries on the table.

Nice to see you here.I'm sure that the skillset you bring to the table, along with "product" will make you a popular addition to the site.Enjpy,John Rogers

I was trained to always leave something on the table - you do not want the other [arty to grumble and complain, but rather willing to do further deals, or more important, recommend you as a fair business partner.My suggestion would be to do a deal that is fair to everybody, something like this -   - Property price, get an appraiser to do a fair value calculation for the property, and make that the purchase price. - Period: You could probably get as long term as you want from them as they are probably more interested in the income than the capital

I’m not sure what I can bring to the table currently considering my ‘green-ness’ to the real estate industry, but if anyone wants to talk about e-commerce or energy investing, I have a bit more experience that I can bring.

Trying to ask this in the nicest way without getting stoned: you mean to say that  the buyer agent is paid with the money that their buyer brings to the table, right? 

It sounds like you brought value to the table from every angle.

Not unless you want to walk away from hundreds of thousands of dollars just waiting to be claimed.There are two questions that I ask my sellers that 99% of the other investors out there never ask and as a result do just that, leave countless money on the table.

But I would assume yes, you would still have to bring money to the table either way.