If you're not familiar, Go Zone was a stimulus program put in place by Bush to try to attract money to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Katrina.

When offering on REOs, don't put in earnest money at all with the offer.

Ultimately, it's up to the asset manager what to accept, so if two investors put in offers with one obviously better than the other, there's not much a listing agent will be able to do to convince the asset manager to voluntarily give up money.

You can put in for a rate increase.

And run with investor-buyers (rehabbers and landlords, not wholesalers) once more inventory becomes available and we're closer to a buyer's market.But to run around for an investor NOW trying to put in offers on REO's that are getting snatched up by stupid money isn't smart, imo.

Once you give your deposit to your Lawyer to put in escrow the hold comes off.

I found taking them an unnecessary distraction from my business consuming time I could otherwise use running, building, and managing my investment business.In any transaction, you have to disclose that you are a licensed agent and remain compliant with all the reams of  disclosure paperwork some government bureaucrat created to justify his or her make-work job to create the illusion he or she was protecting the public. 

You CAN spend your entire day just getting organized.After watching the video in the link above I must remind myself to carve out those 15 minutes to become clear and wash away the distraction to focus on the bigger game.  

Would that affect the bid price they put in to get the job?

Maybe put in a flower bed or bushes or some kind of a lattice-type barrier that looks nice.