As mentioned, I have an elderly buyer who walked into a broker (in this case shark) to get info on how to write a contract to purchase FSBO.  

And people are swarming like locusts to bid up the prices of anything that sounds like a wholesale deal.It just feels like behavior and terms that to me signal we are getting close to the top of the market.Nah.....I will pass and work with someone who isnt trying to create some sort of shark feeding frenzy for at best marginal deals.  

I have inside knowledge on navigating the permitting and approvals process, I have immediate access to a sizeable network of Long Island real estate related professionals because of my work, I have some experience in design and real estate law, and I have a master’s degree in real estate development from Clemson.

While it is obvious that you mean no harm, not all in the business have fallen into that category and the state has stepped in to protect property owners from sharks. 

You can also get close comps' from some site from source like zillow, property shark, etc. type of companies to mention a couple.

They will be able to navigate you through any murky waters with this one if it gets complicated.

I am having a little bit of trouble navigating the Oregon licensing.

I would say, the middlemen can help navigate the multiple advantages of using IRA, health account, education accounts and etc. to save on taxes, defer, and/or possibly not pay taxes on real estate investments.

I'm still learning how to navigate the site :( lol.

With Suze Orman, someone from HGTV , Les Brown, the guy from Shark Tank, and a couple others.