Now, I know how banks choose their listing agent/office/broker, they look (by maps, google, all means..) for offices within a certain distance from the property, and ask for a broker's price oppinion (BPO) from each of them, and choose the one gives the highest BPO.

I take pride in my career as a film editor, but there is no way I’m going to be comfortable with some random guy off the street jumping in the game with a camera and a computer taking a $199 seminar on video production thinking he can jump in at my level with my years of experience and hard work.

I am more than comfortable with only a grand.

A seller is looking at doing owner financing.I would be wrapping his note.Property insurance is not escrowed so that causes fewer issues.Sellers main concern is that we owner finance and in say 3 years I get tired and just give the property back to him.I am putting nothing down which he is fine with.Looking for thoughts and ways to make him feel comfortable with this issue.He owns other classes of assets besides apartments and is focused on them.I already own a bunch of other buildings in the area and told him I have staff on site so it wouldn't be an issue.This is for a quad building.Many investors buy with one thing in mind and then sell to you down the road for other reasons.Since I am a commercial broker I have multiple exit strategies already planned out for the property.

Knowing that the I was intending to invest most of the proceeds in rental properties, my lender suggested that we get the loan in my grandmother's name for a host of reasons that both me and my grandmother are comfortable with.

Once you get comfortable finding deals, others will have confidence in your ability and lend you the cash they're not using.

Banks have so many underwater and bad mortgages that they have to pick and choose which properties are worth paying the taxes on.

That could cause some wage issues (garnishment).Based on your post, it's clear to me you aren't comfortable renting to them.

., a due diligence period or inspection contingency period) and unless you choose to terminate, the contract stays in full force.Just asking for a change in the contract (whether the change is accepted or not), doesn't impact the contract.

I think if I either had a day job with a large pay check, like maybe a doctor with the same high income I have, or maybe did not have so many houses, they would have felt comfortable signing off on it.