It is in talks he has not agreed to the price yet however I been buys his other property so with that and the limited market odds are in favor of the seller.

craigslistbandit signs nearby that lead to houselist it in the mls yourself or for sale by owner.combannersone idea I had that I have not personally used is the person I own a house with currently is also a manager at a very well known wine store, and to have them "sponsor" a wine /beer tasting and have it at the house on an open house day in order to get more bodies through the door. maybe you could take that idea and team up with someone you know who owns a restaurant etc.

If you calculate these and the deal is still favorable, you may just want to eat it this time, assuming you have no other buyer waiting in the wings.

It's Joe Schmo doing me a favor and deeding it back to me or selling it back to me at the end of the day.

Building teams rather than trying to be a "solopreneur".

I know the area well, invest there currently, and have an entire team built there, including property management.

A good RE attorney is a required member of your team.

I used to have a team - mortgage broker, realtor, short sale person, appraiser.

If you like to "hope so and wait" type of person, choose stocks.Real estate on the other hand has all the benefits.Their values are like a slow moving train that youget to inspect, repair, rent, insure, buy 7 different ways,sell 7 different ways.You can see it coming (appreciate) and going (depreciate)in time enough to get on and get off and make a profitbefore, during, after, and all around.There is no comparison - real estate is the best hands downas long as you're competent(take all costs into consideration) and prepared(have the best support team).Sure yo can kind of be 'competent' and sort of 'prepared'in buying/selling stocks, but again, it is still a "hope so and wait" 'technique'.

The housing system can work without any Federal guarentees -- implicit or explicit.I would favor that over the current system of execs and shareholders getting the upside and the taxpayers getting the downside.