â€Question #3: “Since the amount of work involved doesn’t really differ according to the value of the house, financially, it seems like the percentage commission would make higher prices more favorable from a buyer’s agent’s perspective.

Your goals are absolutely achievable . . . the key is determining the best plan of attack to reach that end.It looks like you've already gotten involved on the forums . . .

As for discount notes, the process is very similar it also involves double closing but it is more flexible a lot of times than wholesale.

depending on the workload of everyone involved in the transaction, such as EPA inspections, appraisals and financial documents.

Short Sales can take a verrryy long time, but my experience has been 1-5 days for REOs.Sounds strange.Is an agent involved?

I've been involved with a deal similar to what Richard describes.

Basically, all you need to do is make sure you are disclosing the fact that you are a realtor to all parties involved.

Buying a rental with negative cash flow and betting on runaway inflation in the near future really is not the rental business.Yet another thing completely is the mom and pop investor who only wants to own one or two rentals for their retirement.

That said, please do review our forum rules to learn about the other rules of the site.That said, I'd like to hear more about you and your involvement in real estate.Do share....

More and more states are requiring realtor involvement in short sale transactions (for instance Oregon and soon to be California).