My attorney, realtor, and myself are preparing a letter to the seller that will specifically ask for a $5K credit, based on the offer price they had originally accepted from me.

Anything in particular that you bring to the table in terms of special skills, prior experience, qualifications or other things that you feel will help you get started?

That will be the reality of actual costs in the end and it's more than I'm prepared to handle.I think the more piratical thing for me to do is to get the dream home we're looking for with the equity from the first house.

If they are going to bid low to get the business from their competitors, they need to be prepared for the occasional unprofitable job.

If you live in a city of any size, I'm sure you'll find a store that specializes in bulbs.Jon

Be prepared to spend a few hours going over the property with a fine toothed comb.

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

We specialize in Commercial, Residential and Hard Money loans.

Then keep doing this, seeking insight and knowledge, give it about 6 weeks or preparing.

If you submit an offer that isn't properly prepared (or missing pieces), you may never hear anything back and have no idea if it was submitted or not.3.