Those nay-sayers are rarely real players in RE.

If the other players are only contributing money then your service is outside of the operation of the property and should be considered a fee for professional services.

In a BK there are many moving pieces and players and they can affect the process and outcome.

We've seen posts here on BP about "bigger players" getting into some markets.

Ok, here are a few more thoughts on the subject: If you market to niches that you really understand and even sub-niches within the larger categories, you can become the dominant player, irrespectively of your size and relative access to capital.If you have expertise in solving specific kinds of problems, as a hard money originating lender, you can close faster.If you actually have you own money (or at least a credit or warehouse line) you can close still faster if you so choose, and outperform other wouldbe competitors.

The other possibility is that they'll be doing something illegal out of the house and want to ensure that you have no reason to come around.

That's right - how to ensure your family is taken care of after you go.

Actually, the escrow servicer can anticipate increases in taxes and insurance and collect slightly more than 1/12th of the current annual amounts to ensure funds are there in the event of increases.

The next thing is when this happens make sure that the end buyer that circumvented you is removed from your list and then inform any and everyone you know about their actions.REI usually is a fairly small group and so by telling all of the truly active players in your area about their actions you'll find that they will quickly be shut out of any real business since no one will work with them.A Maryland wholesaler that can help with understanding things locally is Ned Carey so you might want to look him up here on BP and talk to him.

I was just reading an article about how a basketball player earned $100 million dollars only to declare bankruptcy a few years later.