Which leads me to ineptitude.

I've emailed the realitor and said i want to put it under contract subject to inspection.I found a buyer I think, anything I'm missing, just write up an assignment contract and give it to him, and hand him the lead?

Curious if anyone has used the teamwork lead system.

There are plenty of ways to pull leads for free or for a few bucks.

Threre is one company out there, KROLL, they are the leading risk management company in the world and are "THE ONLY IDT PROTECTION THAT CAN DO COMPLETE RESTORATION ON YOUR IDENTITY FOR ALL 5 TYPES OF IDT!

Be prepared to pay about $50/lead regardless of whether you win the job.

Not to mention, if you come across any great leads in the Chicago area from your Bulk Packages.

If you develop a good marketing plan and stay consistent with it, you'll find plenty of good deals.Keep in mind too that you have to go through a lot of leads to find one great deal.

You can take an apartment building with problems say 40% occupancy and deferred maintenance and bad tenant mix and management problems and use commercial hard money.You will have to figure in the high debt service while turning around.Once stabilized you will refinance out at the new value up to a certain LTV.Take the money and do it again.The larger the project the more the potential ARV spread after stabilized but the more risk.The larger projects take more time to turn around so the churn rate on the money is slower.What happens and I have seen this is people run out of money and the property is taking longer to stabilize than thought.Then you have some money left but not enough to take down a property yourself until you unload this other deal you bought or refi.You then start partnering with different people on different projects which can lead to a mess.You don't just want to grow out of impatience or doing more deals and then get involved with the wrong people or overt extend yourself.You want smart,well thought out,controlled portfolio growth that is highly calculated.

We try to get as specific as possible when estimating rehab costs, as this is an area where investors tend to fail, often leading to poor returns and in some cases losses.