On that note the information gathered should be used to select a good attorney to assist with developing the business.How are you pros managing your seller financed business?

Often times (and I have seen this happen) a developer does improvements based on a certain tenant going in.Then the (A grade) tenant doesn't stay as long as anticipated.The second or third generational space user going in pays much lower that the original lessee because of their business model.So you just have to be sure after improvements if they bail you can lease at the same rate or higher and that there will be demand for office space.Washington and other areas unemployment is low.Most of the other areas unemployment is very high.This puts pressure on businesses and makes very few new starts up happen.For this reason in Atlanta office is overbuilt and vacancy last I checked was at 20%.

Does anyone have any stories about being force into dealer status on a particular deal and if so, what were the circumstances?

You and I might not do the deal, and not budge on price, but someone else might, and their circumstance is different.

Thank you for the Welcomes,The Interview with James Vermillion was Interesting, Especially the fact I currently Deployed, and using my Time to Develop my Game plan for my Return.

I like commercial because there is not as much competition for it.You can structure a deal more creatively and there are more different types of lender loans than for residential.Residential is highly regulated by the government now.Commercial I don't want the government messing it up as well and squashing creative financing.I like commercial for economies of scale and ramping up larger transactions.You can make money in residential it is just not my thing.I like retail and multifamily.Medical will be hot for many decades to come as well with the boomer generation retiring.I don't care much for industrial but I am seeing some transition areas where a developer takes an industrial shell of a warehouse leasing at 2 sq ft.They put improvements in and get rezoned to mixed use retail and get 15 sq ft lease rates.

I stumbled across this article and thought it was a good read for some of you guys that are developing. http://urbanland.uli.org/Articles/2011/September/SheridanMilitary

Cash only" tells me that the condo development no longer qualifies for conventional financing (too many investors/delinquent fee's/ and/or other issues.The selling agent may not be able to disclose too much info to you, but you have a right to know about material facts that affect the property.

No if you asking price is way less than the list price then the investor may develop some sort of respect for you.

(I've worked in online web site development and programming for 20 yrs, but it's getting a little old and doesn't pay as well as it used to.)