@Chris Martin,That is a good thought, but most bird dogs don't trust investors to pay so it is always better to put it in writing between both parties what fee the bird dog will get.Joe Gore

Originally posted by @Chris Smith:Hi @Jay M

I'm Chris Stanis.

@Matthew Thorp  The message above from  @Chris M.makes an excellent point. .

Chris Mason  so can I do that with regular conventional loan?

@Chris Piper, thanks for your reply to Jason's post, I've seen on the forums that most people usually use a short, assignable contract for buying the property from the motivated seller.  

@Chris Seveney Which sky resort if you don't mind sharing, we are in the process on doing the same but we self manage. 

Pretty much what Russel said.

Russell,What do you mean MLS sales VS. off market properties?

I agree with Russell, with the caveat that sometimes sellers just don't know one way or the other.