They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

So, I’m on the hunt for a great deal.Here’s what I’m afraid of: I don’t want to tarnish my name among the community as someone who talks a big game but can’t close... what if someone brings me a great deal to wholesale but I can’t find a cash buyer?

My only problem is I don't have enough saved up to buy the 5-plex and with just getting started in the rental game will taking on a 5 unit building to start be too much? 

Congratulations on getting in the game @Jayden Thompson!

But not ethically or by law.It is possible that the seller instructed the agent to take the best offer above $XXX,XXX and not to play bidding games. 

This makes it transparent. 

Plus it is difficult to build credibility when you don’t have any skin in the game.

@Sevak Gasparian for me, it's always transparency and correct numbers.

I’m glad you mentioned that point, and I fully realize real estate isn’t a half-in half-out game.

This is how HOA comes into the game of this transaction.2) The existing HOA document has 80+ pages and is a scanned version (so not text searchable), I don't have time to read all 80+ pages and site down with an attorney to modify item by item to what I need.