(I don't know if this is the right place for the thread so I will leave it to the admins to decide.)So my question goes out to everyone that is working with/looking to work with/have worked with a Realtor.

Etc.I think your best bet is to get a grasp on exactly what this property is costing you so you can decide how to best move forward. 

Recently, myself and two colleagues have decided to get serious about finding and executing our first deal in the Cincinnati area.

This way, if your financing is approved but you decide you don't want to close, your inspection contingency will give you an out.Good luck with it.Keith 

(He was on podcast #260) I totally was blown away by the way he did the role playing negotiation at the end of the podcast and decided to buy his book.

I know it's going to be hard, thank you for reminding me.The reason I decided to write this is because reading some of these things actually made me second guess my efforts to get into wholesaling.

Broker by trade but in 2005 I got annoyed with some mortgage brokers being worthless and decided to do loans myself.

Most states will want probate and courts to decide. 

Hello,I've been passionate about real estate for the last 5 months and have decided to take my shot at becoming a realtor.

If, while he was there with you, the contractor got the notion that you were shopping for bids, he may have decided he would be wasting his time and decided not to even bother preparing one.