Essentially I was told I can only do an option contract, and it appears that will cost me a couple thousand.I also was told that they wouldn't give me the contracts until I brought them a deal.

Essentially, the negotiator might be taking on something that has no hope of closing.

Essentially letting outside factors determine my outcome.

You're going to have to clean the placeup before you can rent it (yes, I know you said L/O, but essentially the same thing.)

That varies from place to place, so I may well be totally wrong.Is the replacement essential?

A business plan has to account for all the potential fluctuations - i.e. lowest purchase cost the market will allow (REO's).Inherent to a plan must be the target date so a tie-in that will be essential, especially depending on increased difficulties obtaining credit, will be a target FICO score.

Strange that the vassst majority of articles, blogs etc I have found say they are not illegal per se but essentially they are.

The facts are that the audience has essentially told you they don't like the message.It sounds as though you want to tweak the volume and geographical locale versus address what one caller explicitly told you was bad messaging.

Essentially he said the offer needs to be close to market and the banks don't consider the rehab costs either.

So, if you buy a property for $50K, you won't be able to sell it for more than $60K within the first 90 days.As a wholesale, this is probably okay, but it's something to keep in mind.Other than that, they can essentially be treated as any other REO property...