He is fair, but will charge for his services.Using this forum, others like it, and my local REI group, I can decide if I should make the call.

Like a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system I can organize my contacts and my communication in a way that makes sense to me rather than having to search the forum for something that I think might have been said by someone.Most people do seem to be using the profile section to provide a description of what they do.

My business partner and I have found over and over that we continue to run into real estate people who are great with first impressions and get you charged with assuring you that they can do the job for you only to ride off into the sunset and not deliver, much less communicate that they can't do the job.Makes us crazy!

In other words you would have to compare 3 houses to one triplex to be fair.

I marketed it on craigslist and have now found a buyer for $4k more than the full price offer I was asking....I'm not sure if every bank will stop the sale if they are getting what they think is fair, I am just letting you know my experience so you can try it out if you run out of options or time.The deal: 1st $24kasking $35kcontract to sell $39kbank finally took $18k (maybe they shouldn't delay)P.S.

You can find plenty of people to sign up and become a bird dog, but 95% of those people will never communicate with you, and out of the 5% that do, only a few give you any decent leads.

What you say makes a lot of sense.There are so many nuances as to how to get into REI I think your fairly simple approach should work well and give me time to do the research as I ease into this.

If you were looking to purchase a buy-and-hold rental in this manner, what sort of terms would you look for that would be fair to both parties involved?

Communication is the key to making this transition less stressful.

They should have a list of good people who do solid work at fair prices.