Today a motivated customer calls my business line and emphatically states that he is newly married and "needs to get rid of his home and is facing foreclosure."

I was at Swiss Bank Corp by that time (NeXT's largest commercial customer) and got cashed out of my NeXT shares.

The bad part about a drive in is that most of your customers only come on the weekends, its seasonal and highly dependant on the weather.

:clap: :clap: :clap: It is always good to hear from a real contractor as to best practices.Coming from a state that is prone to use the legal system must help contractors and customers refine the process!

Granted they will also know that if you want to collect a fee for being a birddog you are operating illegally as you are not a principal and you do not have a license (assumption based how you presented this idea).Not every lead is really a deal.

It doesn't pay to lie to your customers.

If you are a good customer they will provide the lists in electronic form each week for no charge.John CoreyOriginally posted by "invstr":What are some legitimate websites for foreclosures.

But your initial assumption was correct; prices will fall when they start to really "feel the crunch" and have to "unload these properties".

Remember who are customers?

One thing I have learned is that a happy customer at the close means a good referral source for myself and the realtors involved.