& if they smell "Rookie" in Your voice, they won't dedicate a lot of time/effort/energy to Your cause;5% of the brokers out there do things completely different from the rest & are very successful at it;Guess where I fall?

I would just hate to build a brand new place, rent it to poor people, and have it have that grease smell that you smell in every house in the hood and no matter what you do the the flooring and paint it will always be there.

As a property manager for 40 years, the biggest mistake is thinking that being a "landlord" is easy....that purchasing the RE is the hard part and that the rest is downhill.Newbies who go to Staples or Office Depot, get a generic lease, put a sign in the yard and get blinded by the CASH flashed at them by the applicants who smell the "new landlord" on them.....and then they don't see any more money for 4 to 6 months.

It looks and smells awful!

I was going to be able to take away with me for free :wink: Now that I have finally 'smelled the coffee', things will be different 8) I cannot tell you why I wasted all this time...

Smells like a NegAm.

Smelled horrid!

On a conscious level your body and mind responds to being fed negative statements.So what are you afraid of?

Your best bet is to ask whoever will conduct the auction what payment method is required by the winning bidder.Watch your P's & Q's on this one, something about the whole deal smells a little fishy.

Go to the engineer meetings, meet with the contractors, meet the planners, municipal councils, lenders, investors, etc...find out what they are all looking for, over time you will find what it is you are looking for, then you will be able to smell the BS a mile away.KG :mrgreen: