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21 October 2008 | 5 replies
The experience that you gain from your own transactions will allow you to profit by helping others.
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22 October 2008 | 2 replies
Personally, their Zillowestimates are so bad that they have gotten some very negative press, which I suspect has had an effect on their business model and success or lack of it.
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21 October 2008 | 9 replies
You get permission to market the property, but you act as a principal in the transaction, you lease option, then you assign the deal.You are upfront with the seller, very transparent about your profit.You add your assignment fee to the exercise price.Once you assign & get the fee, you are out of it.All the risk is on the Seller.Challenge here: Getting Tenant Buyers Fee: Cash plus 12 month note most of the time.Positives: No guaranteeing anything, e.g. minor maintenance paid, rents paid.Negatives: No back end when TBer gets funded.
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20 October 2008 | 0 replies
note: this is the paragraph I read in wikipedia in their article about double closing: "To simplify the transaction, the middleman may make one settlement statement directly between the purchaser and seller and take his profit as a line item on the settlement statement.
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9 February 2009 | 22 replies
He/She just wants an easier transaction by bringing a high offer.Just my thoughts.
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14 December 2008 | 14 replies
I would say no, but it was a very EFFECTIVE way.Now in reference to what Paul is describing with working closely with your buyers, I do exactly that but in a little different format.
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7 March 2011 | 9 replies
They were going to use transactional funding.
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24 October 2008 | 19 replies
Matty,I do have a great questionaire as well as a system Michael and I have developed over the years which has been very effective.
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31 December 2008 | 9 replies
(Once the Property Inspection Contingency is removed, whether or not buyer has satisfied him/herself regarding property inspection or received any information relating to the property inspection, Buyer's deposit may not be returned if buyer does not close this transaction).