The safe bet...is to just park the money in a savings account until we are ready to buy (currently renting).  

If I was betting on this question I would say wholesalers as a whole NEVER give disclosures. if they are unlicensed they would not even know where to get the forms.One thing in Oregon.. if you do not give a sellers disclosure on a 1 to 4 units.. you can back out at any time and your EM deposit is fully refundable by law.so as a buyer I don't care they don't give me a disclosure I just have this info in my hip pocket if I want to beat them at their own game IE tie up the property then flake at the last second and get 100% of my EM back.

Tax Records, probably your best bet. 

Hello,Very new to the forum and currently renting in Ridgewood, NJ.  Near the end of the year I'll be in a position to buy with a conservative budget of 175k and more of a stretch at 225k.  Looking for something in Hu...

If he was your tenant for 3 years, he has made you tons of money I'm betting.

If you look at the National Multi-Family Housing Council report the numbers of people using the internet to find apartments are staggering.

So, if an agent wants to work with you, they'll have to work 10 times harder to get the same amount of money (and, yes, you could say the higher the price the lower the commission structure, but at this price point it wouldn't matter as much).So, it doesn't make any financial sense for someone to work on a $30,000 deal.Your best bet is to find someone new who is learning the business, because new agents will take what they can get, or get your own real estate license and then you'll never have to worry about it again.

Welcome to BiggerPockets :)From my experience in Nashua, your best bet would probably be to buy and live in a four family... its much more difficult to turn a profit when owner-occupying a two-family or three-family there. 

I would be willing to bet a small sum of money there are more incidents of traditional workplace violence than real estate agents being subject to violent acts showing/viewing houses.

BP market place for lenders Is loaded with these characters. its why they have a big disclosures at the top of it  IE beware lender frauds.I think the folks that get burned by them need to look within.. and realize that if you can't get money from your local HML that you can go in and sit down with and eyeball. then there is not anyone on the internet that is going to do it for you.these lenders scams are old as the hills. my Dad showed me these as a very young agent.. back in the late 70's  money for due diligence never fund.