I have just arrived in the San Antonio area and will be staying the month.I'm buying beer / whiskey for any investors, contractors, lenders, and any other real estate (or alcohol) enthusiast, who wants to sit down and chat San Antonio, Lubbock, Austin, and even Dallas DFW real estate.I'm here for work conferences but I also plan on learning a lot of RE, and trying a ton of great food and drink.Look forward to meeting you.

The realtor is saying they are willing to come down quiet a bit, but I have little experience making offers  so I'm not sure what percentage is "quiet a bit"..The good thing is: not many people want to buy two houses so the competition is scarce.

I think the property is a little over priced and will offer lower if I move forward, as they have been sitting on it for a few weeks now and haven't taken any offers that were made. 

Atlanta is one of the greatest places to be if you want to be an investor, watch almost championship teams, have a great job, and sit in traffic, then eventually become your own boss and work even more!!  

So, while it is of course possible to save commission $$ and increase  your ROI and COC return(s), it is not the case ALL the time. 

This would depend on the list price of the property, the value and prices of similar comparable properties, the condition of the listed property and also how long the property has been sitting on the market.

But the remote possibility must be also tempered with the desire that some parties have to keep their 1031 plans as quiet as possible.  

It just sits there until you do a draw. 

While processing a loan application I was making the bank discovered a $52,000 balance in an IRA, sitting in a brokerage account in my name.

The home is under contract to buy and had been been sitting on it for 19 months paying interest to the bank.