It costs me more money and I have to deal with instants that aren't exactly my favorite in order to facilitate proper management.

At tax time, Quicken groups all my Schedule E items by property tag and easily facilitates exporting to the appropriate property on Schedule E in Turbotax.

In my experience with contractors, I have found several things helpful: 1) Have a third party act as intermediary to facilitate a meaningful meeting 2) Determine what exposures you truly have (legal, financial, etc.) and be clear in your own mind what you do and don't want to happen 3) Determine what leverage you have upon this clown.

Getting a license does not facilitate my objective.

To wholesale deals you really need to be the expert in the room to justify you acting to facilitate the deal, that includes the ability to value the property.

Could the closing attorney the bank uses for closing be used to help facilitate & understand the process?

This also backfires on investors who approach a seller and through their marketing, structuring the deal, setting up or selecting the originator, perhaps selecting the loan servicer and settlement agents, they are no longer the "average borrower" they become the facilitator of the transaction.

If there are no agents involved on either side and you and the seller have come to terms that you agree upon and just want to have an agent facilitate the transaction for you, many times you can find an agent to write up the contracts for the terms you have agreed upon for a discounted rate since the agent will not have to do many of the duties they would normally do on a deal (marketing the property, showing the property, negotiating, etc).I hope this is helpful.

That definitely could work and being upfront with the seller about that isn't necessarily bad------it's just a more difficult route to take and because you really don't know for sure that's what's going to happen in that way, I think it's unnecessary.Most even motivated sellers want to sell to the guy actually buying the property ----and you are the necessary facilitator.

A facilitator will charge their fee on top of that.If you are eligible for a Solo 401k, that is often the best route to go.