That will be up to the title company, if the option has been filed it would cloud title, if the TI company wants to insure over it, that's fine.

Unless you want the RE commission on your neck, along  with a host of other agencies, I suggest you not use bait and switch tactics or false ads as Daniel suggested.Start thinking of RE as being a social business, it takes people relationships.

I recently attended a free seminar on real estate investing where the gentleman who was hosting essentially stated that he operates better with clearly outlined steps and activities.

Do some searches on here, I think there are lots of folks who use quickbooks and even some discussions of cloud based solutions or other software options.

You can do this and you wouldnt have to be relying on a system like Zillow or some big hosting site with lots of other competitors.

Remote access – you can do this with QuickBooks Desktop but you need an additional software product or use QuickBooks Hosting (at a higher price)Auto Send Reports – reports or report groups can be scheduled to send automaticallyAutomatic upgrades – this is both a good and a bad feature, with QuickBooks Online you are almost always running the most up to date version (whether you want to or not)Company ScorecardDelayed charges/billing – enter charges to be billed laterIncome list/transaction centerInvoice automation – automatically create invoice from unbilled activityMore than one A/R or A/P account per journal entryLocation tracking, a secondary level of class tracking (QB Online Plus only)FIFO Inventory valuation (available in QuickBooks Enterprise but only with the additional cost Advanced Inventory feature)There Are More DifferencesI’m sure that this isn’t an exhaustive list of differences – please feel free to point out others!

They've locked up the building, which suggests to me that they have some rights as I would simply cut the locks off if I was the private individual who owned the property a block away.So my questions are:1) clearly this puts a legal cloud over the property that diminishes its value.  

Gary is an investor and real estate agent in the GTA who hosts a monthly REI gathering.  

Throw the copy in a file (or scan it and upload it to the cloud) along with a couple notes of why you declined and when you mailed the letter.  

However, I would have a title search done first, then file a memorandum of option to cloud the title.