We are confident in our own negotiations with the bank instead of a 3rd party.

I am in a non deficiency state and would not face recourse from the banks if the properties went through foreclosure.If I could do it again, I am confident I would be able to find a great cash flowing property.

Have a solid plan in place to give them confidence in you and your plan.

All of my Stop Losses triggered yesterday (set at 10%) and liquidated my stock holdings.I'm not a conspiracy nut but someone, somewhere, made a lot of money off this 'glitch' and I believe it was manipulation, pure and simple.As one commentator noted, this will NOT build confidence in your average retail investor, ME INCLUDED.Louis Rukeyser once noted that the best investment he ever made was his Rolls Royce, because the government couldn't tax his enjoyment of it.

Learning to use a telephone call properly with confidence is the best tool you can have if you're working directly with homeonwers.

I'm continuing to look at other properties in the meantime, so I'm confident that when the time is right, I'll be able to make a good deal.Thanks again to all of you for your input.

Brokered deals are held in strict confidence and the only other way to come up with data is to contact a principal in each comparable deal...all of which are likely to be underwritten either incorrectly or in a manner inconsistent with the way you would do it.It doesn't matter what the market cap rate is.

Has it paid off yet, no, but I am confident that it will.

Just starting out you have to build confidence and don’t let a bevy of NO’s get you down.

So I'm missing out on a 62-plex I'm confident I can get done if the due diligence checks out.