I obviously want to make it a win-win-win.Like I said, I want to make sure I'm protected if I go about these assignments with the intent of providing my potential end buyers info on these properties that could result in them taking my info and using it as their own to avoid paying me the fee.

Numbers are bad, really really bad, but I'm wiser now, a lot wiser thanks to BP, and my next deal will be much better than this one was.Purchased SFR for 168.5K back in 10/2008 with intent to rent to one of my son's and a couple of his friends (not something I would recommend).Put down 35% to get the payments to where I wanted them to be so I could rent the place to my son at a specific price and break even (or so I thought).Here's how the purchase breaks down:Price Paid $168,500.Down Payment $58,975.Amount Financed $109,525.Financed @ 6.0% over 30 years = $656.66I rented this to my son for just enough to cover PITI + HOA dues.

Keep in mind that Fox sued for the right to lie during their news programs...in arguing that they rightly fired reporters for not lying on-air (when the station asked them to lie on-air), Fox lawyers got up in front of a judge and claimed that "the FCC's policy against the intentional falsification of the news -- which the FCC has called its 'news distortion policy' -- does not qualify as the required 'law, rule, or regulation'": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Akre That *should* be enough to take away an credibility that Fox has...but some people can overlook a lot to see what they want to see...

I bought it 6 months ago with the intention of renting it out, but the rental market in the area was weaker than I anticipated and it is pretty far from my other rentals, so I decided to sell.I advertised FSBO for a little while and then listed with an agent who had a few acres for sale next door.

His original intention was to try to get a loan mod, but when that didn't work, he listed it with a realtor and is trying to get approval for a short sale.

As it would constitute fraud if you purchased with the primary intention of holding as an investment property.

Go directly to the listing agent to buy this one, if it is your intention to buy it!

Because even with the new assessment, as Kevin C said, it seems too high.Frank, I bought those properties as my retirement plan and I didn't have any intention to live off the investment i.e. cash flowing right of the bat.

Flaming is directly insulting another member, flame-baiting is making a comment with the intention of getting a flame as a response, and trolling is the act of making posts with no purpose other than to annoy people.

Maybe I was just looking for examples where giving with no intention of receiving resulted in some wonderful outcome like Solid Returns identified.