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8 May 2008 | 7 replies
If you do this you may want to get an attorney of her choice involved and an appraisal on the property as you do not want someone coming back on you for equity stripping or taking advantage of someone "old and in distress"
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19 January 2008 | 4 replies
The key advantage is that the seller is typically only paying half of the “standard” listing fee plus the flat fee, which is around $500.00.
10 July 2008 | 28 replies
There were several things that kept me from taking advantage of the products they were offering, fishwives that they were, hawking the excellence of their wares into my ears.
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22 January 2008 | 9 replies
We have a lot of resources available to us and it would be absolutely foolish to not take advantage of what's sitting in our laps.I'll be posting more and letting people know if we have need for partners on our first projects.
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23 January 2008 | 3 replies
Finding someone to train you to do exactly what they do and you end up being a competitor in the same area may be hard… Find someone in the next major town over… they may be more willing to help you and teach you knowing that you will not become their competition.
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5 August 2010 | 35 replies
My rates are competitive $0 up front with 1% based on purchase price payable at closing.
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23 January 2008 | 4 replies
Also, I want to create some type of business structure so that everything is legit and I can take advantage of tax deductions.* I've created a spreadsheet to help me evaluate whether or not a deal is worthwhile.* I'm developing my email database to act as a buyer's list/notifier.Is there anything I'm missing?
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27 January 2008 | 20 replies
everyone is saying it's a buyer's marketFeds cut interest rates 3/4 points today in an emergency move to help the economy.I'm even considering jumping into a deal or two soon to try and take advantage of this!
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1 February 2008 | 16 replies
The city is crawling with scammers waiting to take advantage of unsuspecting investors.
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16 October 2018 | 78 replies
Can I set the rent at 2% of acquisition costs and have it be realistic/competitive in my area?