I've always found that there are 5 componants to consider on seller financing.1) down payment2) interest rate3) length of loan4) number of payments5) purchase priceI'll pay full value on a no down 100 percent seller financed deal, 30 year term zero interest with one payment.

And I agree that there is a chance the HML and the borrower are working together, possibly to your detriment.

A successful relationship is where both parties feed ideas off of each other and have mutual respect for each other to achieve and agreed upon common goal.If a potential client sees you as a necessary evil or worthless then let them do it themselves if you are not a valued and respected component to the transaction.Just like investors demand quality properties to buy a broker/agent should demand and screen for quality clients to work with.To make this demand however you have to make yourself valuable.

Having military retired health care benefits was the most important component to my achieving financial independence 10 yrs ago according to my calculations at the time.Could I have made it work 5 yrs earlier?

. :-)We'll do well on it (even with the history), so the fact that this happened isn't a detriment...but it does point out another risk of buying property out of state...

In fact, they are part to blame as they help promote the TV infomercial crooks who have added to the detriment of our good name.Take this for example: Investor buys run down home, vacant, with weeds as high as the roof.

And you'll have their number...you'll notice unkept property which is also an indication of possible motivation.You'll certainly find other opportunitiesFSBOersAbandonsAs Rick H. mentioned learning the area is a key component to success.As big is the idea that you're taking action...

We designed it as a one place for the 5 components which are key to successful marketing. 

The key component I use prior to the list is running a double algorithm on the market to tell me where to spend my marketing dollars.Those algorithms are based upon the followingNumber of Cash Absentee purchased last 6 monthsNumber of SFR unitsNumber of NODs or Lis PendensNumber of REOsAverage Days on MarketMedian Sales priceNumber of 30% to 100% equity to medianPercent equity to UnitsNumber of units in the bottom 1/3rd, middle 1/3rd and top 1/3rd of median

These components were spoken by their customers and Dev...