I would encourage you to try and find private sellers being that the MLS is really competitive right now and everything in my market is going for 5k-10k over list price.

However, I would encourage you to get very specific as to your expectations and attempt to put aside all of the emotional stuff as a distraction to your objective.

Our team should be ready to offer support and encouragement to each other, to be aggressive with the number of offers we make, to pass on deals that do not fit our numbers, to become experts in what we do as a team and what we do as individuals.

Lee Reitzel, Encouragement, keep at it.

Thank you Lucas and Kelly for your encouragement and advice.

There is an effort to encourage young people and creative types to live there.

If you're looking for your first deal, I'd encourage you to keep looking for something with a few less unknowns, where the chances of a successful outcome are higher.

@Ron Your story was very encouraging and motivated!

I received the "encouragement" I needed from BP and by reading the forum posts, blogs, guides, pod casts etc.

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