Even Tony Soprano would agree....Don't give the authorities ammo to get you.

(Im pretty sure I'm the first offer)The asset manager called me, because I requested a follow up from there CS Center, and he said that he is going to counter at probably $40k, I told him that I put my best foot forward and with the condition of the property and me offering no contingencies, I'm definitely leaning your way.

Income that is deemed earned, is taxed at a higher rate than that of a so called long-term capital asset (held for more than 12 months).

these asset managers should be the most talked about and well known names in our biz right now.

I hope.The guy asking for the bny mellon asset manager got his answer pretty quickly.

Better to try yourself to hire someone, as your LL will likely use (if anything) a cheap "rug doctor" that will never do the job, then you buy carpet AND pay for the cleaning.Were pets even authorized on the lease?

., credit crunch) you will be very hard pressed to find a banker that will allow this unless you have a convincing record of substantial assets.......just my experience and the experience of others I've talked with as well.....

In my opinion if you are just starting out and somehow end up buying an asset at the deed sale, that would sugest the the more experienced broker simply passed on it for some good reason.

They are relaying information over as you get it to them, and unfortunately it seems all ther pertinant information gets lost in translation.On some occasions I have been able to figure out who the investor is and make direct contact, this often has a very positive result, but is a painful, arduous task (biggest issue if you figure out who it is will be getting the proper authorizations, works better with smaller banks and hard money lenders)

The house is not listed yet but the asset management company referred me to the listing agent.