So if you have done several subject to or lease option please introduce yourself.. and let us know how many lease option / subject to deals you have done so far ... we can start sharing ideas, techniques and it would probably help a lot of people.

In some places you can get a contractor's license, but here it requires a tuff test of code requirements, techniques and legal contracting aspects and requires experience to be shown.To compare prices, get a bid per square.

I've read over the 2% and 50% rule and they make sense, and obviously are techniques to "screen" or do top-level analysis to help quickly triage a deal.As I've crunched numbers on hypothetical deals I've always pulled out PITI (principal, interest, taxes and insurance) out of the monthly rent to assess what the cash flow might be.

A social worker on the case may want work with you and be willing to send a social worker or foster parent/guardian to the home to claim some of the abandoned items for the children.

This technique has a bad reputation because unscrupulous investors (aka con men) set the lease/option up for the tenant/buyer to fail with the intention of pocketing the option money and getting another sucker.

What are some of the most creative, home-staging techniques that you’ve seen this year?

An agent that has the social graces, connections and experience to specialize in "luxury homes" usually won't pull anchor and move to NJ.....I'd think.

DOM/CDOM and property condition would give you a rough idea of the list price discount you might expect.Of course, I’m only focusing on MLS usage for this question, and not other marketing techniques to find deals.

Which is like a business social security number.

Socializing with kids/grandkids. #2 was done by 88% -entertaining close friends. #6 was same vein- watching kids/grand kids play sports.I always read books with a pen.