I've attended a meeting of the "RE Mastermind" club on Meetup.com, and found it was essentially a recruiting tool for an overpriced RE course that the members try to refer you to, so they can earn a referral bonus to pay off their debt from their bad deals that they undertook as a result of the training they overpaid for.

When I make a trade with someone, I am essentially taking the opposite side of their bet.

From what I can gather they are essentially buying up foreclosure properties targeting SFH 3/2's, then rehabbing them and renting them out.

I will post my final decision on this thread in case any of you find it interesting.One of the essential things for me in an accounting software would be its ability to handle multiple cost centers, such as departments, divisions, etc.

Both offer essentially the same protections.

So if your running a thin margin and lets say you essentially break even every year - then your sole source of income and profits will be the appreciation in the value of the property.

He is essentially taking advantage of you right now and if he holds a grudge against you for walking on this then screw'em; he's no kind of friend anyway.I would try to buy the properties from him.

I think that there are tons of reason that a deal could fall apart but in the world of REO's, and Short Sales, it is essentially one thing.

How THEY act in the future may very well depend upon how YOU act right now.Look, I absolutely hate wasting my time in small claims court but it is an essential tool in this business.

Entitlements is essentially getting permission from the municipality to build what you want on a site with regards to use, density, building height, setbacks, traffic impacts and environmental issues.