It was pretty much time wasted.

A good finance attorney can well be in 5 digits an hour, what we speak of here is pretty elementary and I've obtained good advice on the phone, but then, you need to have your ducks in a row and not waste their time, too. :)

LLC bank account, and things go from there.Also, if you are paying them interest etc, it is best to do this on a quarterly or better, yearly payment, due to cost and hassles involved in multiple small international transfers - more cost effective in one big lump.Hope this helps....

@Lindsey Turner  Have you vetted them to make sure they are real... remember there are many fraudsters out there that get off wasting agents time and efforts.Now if they have proofed up then you know you have something to work with..

Sellers do not want to waste time, brokers do not want to waste time.The best thing the poster might want to do is go work for a highly successful investment firm already.

If you want to flip properties, find one that works with flippers and can ballpark a renovation project before bringing you to see the property so you aren't wasting your time.

I guess I've been over reactioning to the effect soft hits have.

*Even this varies a lot from market to market, and you may find with a lot of competition from other investors, you'd be wasting your time making offers at this level (too low)...or overpaying (too high) if your market is depressed...bottom line, get to know your market.

It will effect transactions all over the country. 

or am i just wasting my time by saying that...reason i am doing this is because every timei tell an agent that i am looking for a property, they send me tons of listings in my city that are all REO