Trying to run before you've learned to walk or crawl.

End buyers have also walked away once they have seen the lower price that the seller is willing to sell for.

Having the access that way, along with the listing agents comments; particularly comments such as "seller looking to ZERO OUT (that is, walk away from closing with no gain and no loss) were good things to know as the market started to turn upward.

Whats the old saying: If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck...quack...quack its a duck.This is where the consumer needs to become more savvy.

Time=$$ & if You OWN it tomorrow, how much faster can U make it something better than it is, while walking away from the closing table with a boatload of CASH to pay for all those upgrades?

a quick note...call me paranoid, but on my appliance addendum, it has the serial numbers of all appliances...nobody will be walking out with my fridge :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ...of course with a higher end rental, you may not have to worry about this that much

Get them the $$(doing what U DO BEST), may not fit Your scenario right now, however my foot in the door of rehabbers was putting up a FLYER offering my services to GC's & Subs (& of course their Cash Strapped Customers) @ Lowe's, Home Depot, 84 Lumber & the other "local" building Supplies companies w/a stack of cards.

To obtain the funds and get the project approved, states really squeeze the developers to put in amenities generally found at higher end apartment complexes, walking trails and ponds/lakes are a dead give away to identify one of these projects.

I just need to know a few basics before I begin looking for a buyer.Bob [email protected],You have what's called a "mixed use" property, it's even MORE complicated than commercial & up there with the development/subdivision wrap-around mortgages I put together between developers/sellers/backers/& buyers;Have the toughest in the world on my plate right now...mixed Use Horse Barn Construction to Perm w/22oosq.ft of living quarters in the same structure...yes, it was a nightmare.If I can get IT done, Your place will be a walk in the park.1-Know Your buyer/borrower; start off w/a credit report, financial statement, & their business plan, unless they're buying Your going business(?)

Examples;Here's the first month's rent and 1/2 the deposit now, I'll bring the rest when I get paid on Friday.CORRECT RESPONSE (ie; not always the one that I did at the time): Fine, you can have the keys when I get the rest of the moneyOh the bank will never accept an offer that low, we've submitted other offers and they've never responded to any of them.CR: Then put in a clause that they must respond to our offer with 3 business days.I can't pay the full rent today, but I'll pay you two months next month.CR: OK that's fine, but in the meantime here's your 3 DAY NOTICE TO CURE, if you get both months paid before the judge evicts you, you'll still be here.OK, we're all moved out, except for a couple of boxes in the garage.CR: Fine but your rent continues until you're ALL MOVED OUT and we can't do your walk through, and you'll notice that your lease calls for a penalty of $30/day plus normal rent for "holdovers".Just a few.all cash