Answer questions concerning properties listed with the firm except only that information contained on the listing agreement as limited by the Principal Broker;5.

Nightowl,I am a little concerned that you have taken real estate classes for 2 years and that you head is still swimming.

Then I call my appraiser contact and tell him what I think it's worth, and ask for a quick valuation from him to confirm whether or not I am in the ball park.So far, this method is working pretty well for me in Texas, but yes... to be able to just look it up and ... presto... get a reliable value!

Also, since I know so little about financing (Carlton Sheets speaks greek when he talks about his creative financing methods) are there any good books that I can pick up to try to clarify some of this?

Maybe you have something in your contract already.If you are looking for a capital investment in the house, call a water specialist and get a high tech system, but my experience with both methods is the inline filter is the best system.

Originally posted by "charles whitaker":Like Mike said, wholesaling to gain quick capital is quite safe compared to other methods.

Can anyone out their share their wisdom with me concerning this?

However, this experience has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, concerning the ethics of YOUR AGENT, and by extension, YOURSELF AND YOUR AGENCY.I intend to make sure that in the coming months and years that I tell EVERYONE I meet in the (your city) area how UNETHICALLY I feel I was treated in this regard.

I have a tool in the upper right corner on my blog that will take you directly to the HUD site for your state , then I would suggest going in and reading the broker manual and the forms for buying a HUD home in your state, many states list the home for 10 days as owner occ, then on the 11th day it can be bid on by "all purchasers" which would be you as an investor.I have never heard of hard money lenders looking at your own home, they are typically concerned with the home that you are buying.

One of my concerns is the new contruction that is everywhere.