Apparently the housing collapse and economic troubles are hurting some real estate companies you wouldn't have expected. According to FoxBusiness:

Real estate internet firm Zillow.com says it will cut 25% of its wor...

TBer gets a signed Option to Purchase with a future date (but not in his hand) held in escrow or with an attorney.

Signing up for the courses and taking them is my way of getting into this for real.Also, I see that one of the courses you can elect to take after you have taken some intro classes is a paid, supervised internship course where you work with local real estate people (either at an office, with loan documents etc)...so that would provide me with good contacts.I am going to continue saving money and enrollment for those classes being next month.

In an assign deal does whoever's assigning the contract to the end buyer always get the contract first and include the "or assigns" verbage when he signs?

Usually they have a big sign with their name plastered all over it.

Bandit signs work great for finding buyers once you have a deal under contract.

There are ominous signs that the government may not be able to hand over enough of our money because the losses incurred by these speculators are too massive.

He is a class act and I look forward to seeing him be a real impact player in the mobile home park industry.

I do know, from having made offers, that I have had to sign numerous papers, including mold, pool safety, lead based paint, etc, and a lengthy purchase contract.

Hi all,I'm a 21 year old professional poker player.