Here is what is recommended: The author is a real estate agent and makes a deal with the listing agent and offers to:- Take care of letting client into the house for inspections - Get utilities turned on for inspections- Complete all paper work- Work with the title company on the title search- Work with the closing attorney on scheduling the closing- No need for you to show up to the closing- I'll return your lockbox, sign and commission check to you at your office immediately after closing- I'll also give you my half of the commission as a bonus, so you make twice as much on this deal.The only thing you need to do is get the bank to accept my offer.I am concerned because with this much incentive, is the listing agent really representing the bank?

After years of being stopped by this or that (or my wife)I am wading through the torrential paperwork of buying a duplex conventially as a non primary/owner occ (what a pain).  

Many new investors get confused while looking out for properties and often end up paying more, or get tangled into long paperwork.

I have seen newly rehabbed homes which, essentially, needed to be gutted and redone--a much more expensive process than the original rehab should have been.

COPIES OF THE PAPERWORK: I understand that copies of the paperwork I've signed will be provided to me in a timely manner and I acknowledge that circumstances dictate that copies may not be immediately made available to me. ________ 14.

Essentially, an agent has 'insider' information that a listing has expired, they can't use that knowledge to solicit them.I'm currently only targeting FSBOs.

She changed her mind several times and even got cold feet when I had all the paperwork ready sitting at her dining room table.

We did the paperwork, then wiring our $10,200 EMD; now waiting to hear as to whether or not the Seller/Bank will accept our bid/offer.

About 2-3 weeks later we mailed Yellow Letters to that same group of owners and our response rate essentially quadrupled.

These are essentially tethering kits that are installed behind large items of furniture to allow them to be "tied" to the wall.See this:http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48573739/ns/health-child...These kind of accidents are horribly common.