this is a good topic and has useful information.i tried angie's list and they were more expensive. i try not to tell them where i got their number. this way they dont gauge their bid on who referred them to me. sometimes they think i am a lock and give me a higher bit because "so and so gave me your number... i just smile and let them take a hike.

To me, a real wholesaler finds a means to bring value to the table, either through a struggling numbers game to lock a good deal or through good connections developed.

I suppose, if they were certified, solid gold, long term tenants with a spotless record and a cleaning fettish, and you've proven all this to be true with your screening process, I might lock-em up.Actually, I have, only to have them call me 6 weeks later asking for their deposit back cause they found something better.

But, if not oh well i tried and learned some things about commercial real estate along the way.By the way this site, is amazing, I flipped a property a few years back, and locked on richdad.com for some help.

This is my business model, and I generally get about 20% of the REOs I make offers on, and about 35% of those I make offers on that have been sitting for more than 3 months.As long as you have your 7 day inspection period on all your properties, you shouldn't have to worry about getting locked into any contracts if you make multiple offers -- worst case, you just go with one property, and back out of the others.By the way, why are you waiting until 2011 to start investing?

The agent sent a person out to rekey all of the locks and put a lockbox on it in preparation of showing.

So many people have good intentions but get themselves locked into information overload.

Does anyone have a contract that I can use to lock it up until she is moved out?

This is where I'm at on the deal so far: - Verbal offer accepted over phone, met with seller - Inspected mobile - Locked it up for two weeks with a contract and $100 deposit.

Rates will go up so I would lock in a rate or cap it at 6% and or prepare to refinance.