dgklimczak ,Sounds like you have experience with refurbishment projects.Tell us more about yourself and your successes.

Minna,I believe short sales have the lowest probabililty of success of any REI technique.

No, you will not receive the same rates in the commercial side as you do on the consumer side, but that is the price of growing and success, as you said!

If anyone has an example they would be willing to share of a letter they used successfully in a past deal on an abandoned property or a suggestion for a good REI book that offers examples of letters, I'd be thankful for them.

Help solve it if there is a profitable way to do so.Note: Once you successfully do this for one you can honestly tell others that this has worked well in past.

I think you will find them to be quite helpful.We'll try and do what we can to help you learn what you need to know and overcome all of your fears so you can become a successful investor!

I do know successful investors who buy without viewing a property.

Yes, I'm a rookie but I'm learning from my successes and mistakes.

Obviously the retail and big down payment parts are extremely unattractive, but I'm hoping that negotiate him down on price, and make up for the rest in terms.I think the chance of successfully reaching a profitable arrangement is very low, but it's worth it for me to get experience in negotiating and considering terms.Before I jump into this, I would like to know how the heck do you write a note?

Have done some BPOs for various organizations and have had some success making contacts with Reo departments, but could use all the help I can.