Anyone with discerning eyes who sees a giant neon sign flashing "FREE MONEY" should suspect something immediately.  

We've used several in the past few years and there seems to be no happy medium between a solo plumber who won't send invoices for two weeks and the giant company with high rates.

Joel,I appreciate your perspective and you're right that if this was a giant PITA.

This shows up on schedule C.OK - so our next step, to protect ourselves is to send an objection to the title company to "register" our objections in case they are not able to resolve.  

I was not able to get a job until January 2011 no thanks to the economy so I was more or less broke and in a lot of debt.

@William Johnson  My suggestion would be to tell the seller that, "unfortunately we're not able to go look at every property and without seeing the condition of the property, I'm unable to quote you an offer. 

FYI - I have had 3 deals that for some reason I was not able to move in as a wholesale over the past year.  

Tomorrow, when we close our Villa Park deal, we should get some cash infusion as well.The Good1) Marketing, Sales & ClosingBelow is the list of properties now controlled by our Chicago team that I've decided to focus our marketing efforts on:- a 3 bed home in Chicago Ravenswood Manor: $520K (new)- a 2-flat brick in Chicago southside: $30K- a 2 bed condo in Homewood (shortsale): $50K- a 3 bed townhome in Villa Park: $80K (under contract and will joint venture on it)- a 3 bed home in Glen Ellyn (rehab project - finished 60% of the project)- a 4 bed home in Antioch (rehab project - finished, on the market and will do first Open House)- a 4 bed home in Bolingbrook: (new) I've decided to Joint Venture on this and sell it rent to own- a 4 bed home in Plainfield: I've decided to Joint Venture on this and sell it rent to ownHere's the closing of the week:2) Acquisition, Offers, Leads and RenovationI was not able to track our leads this week.

Are you not able to convince the sellers that they need to list competitively, or at least market value?  

The reason in this giant difference is because this lot has one end as a "triangle", it seems that the 3000 SQFT is calculated base on the triangle is a full rectangle.