Attention grabbing headline, outline of benefits to seller, strong call to action, etc.

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Seth B.We would normally follow the approach Marcia outlined above - take a holding fee (non refundable, but transferrable to their security deposit if a lease is executed).We frequently rent to international students (dealing with two in Germany and one in Australia at the moment).  

similar existing thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/41/topics/8140...

Details here- http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/207...

I know real estate is highly regulated and I don't want to end up in trouble for practicing RE without a license, as happened here:  http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/1847...What sort of deal would be reasonable to propose to the real estate agent handling the sale, or to the owner?

I've followed some of the basic principles that Bigger Pockets outlines, and they were fruitful for me on my first project.

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