Costs that eat up some or all of the savings you might have from a commission.Why waste the time getting a license, finding a broker to work under, paying Realtor fees, putting in office time, paying the other fees required of an agent and have to face continuing education requirements for what is retail sales.

If the competition offers a service that is time intensive but produces low results let them waste their time while you get on with it.John Corey

I agree with John and Nate here.Forming an entity before you've done anything will only complicate your life and may be a big waste of money for you.Get involved, do some deals, and then down the road after you've made some money then you can look at incorporating.

We have researched and waited a long time to find our first deal to give us a solid foundation.I have just found out that another seasoned investor in my town had placed a final bid of 6500 on this same property.

As I look around the current REI landscape I see a ton of "gurus", "new concepts", "can't miss systems" and "the new wave of the industry" sales pitches, not to mention wall-to-wall informercials.I'm fairly new to REI, but I'm making aggressive offers on solid properties, I have more than sufficient funds set aside for down payments, and my credit is good.

The sewer, septic is for waste.

Stick with solid neighborhoods showing strong past track records.

Better you pass than they waste your time.

They [investors] believe that it's OK to offer 65% of the list price when in fact, 99% of the time it's a waste of time, and probably irritating to the swamped asset manager.

I think tile has been a pretty solid investment on my part.