Or it may be a real interest but encumbered by a bunch of liens that you will have to pay off.There is a role for QCDs, for example in family transfers or in REO auctions where the buyer is responsible for the title being valid.

It should be very easy for a competent Realtor to give you all the data necessary to render your own opinion but it will not change how much the bank is willing to lend :-) Hope that helps!

If the mortgage is not assumable you do not want to have them call the mortgage due in full by transfer of ownership, which they will know if you try to negotiate with them.

Mid-end market, $800k-$2M will have some decent gain while $3M+ market will underperform going forward.The data has shown softness in the $3M+ homes in Palo Alto since 4th quarter 2015, which coincided with the pullback in VC fundings. 

@Chris Christianson, I started out looking for a local CPA as well and was convinced that in this day and age, with file transfers, phone, skype, etc, etc. etc., there really is no reason why someone needs to be local. 

I don't believe that I'm getting any extra liability protection by doing so, and I'm not sure that you can transfer an agent's license into an LLC (in Ohio), anyway.What would someone buy if they were buying your LLC that had your personal real estate license in it?  

It's important to have enough data to convey this.  

What I did was look at my past three probate deals and I seen they were all transferred via quit claim with a death certificate attached so I went into my Realist account and searched for quit claims with DC attached.

I am in the midst of compiling data on Albany, Troy, and Watervliet.

Whatever you do, do NOT buy off on the brokers flyer with data.