We made no promises that we'd put in any offers, and she didn't require us to sign any agreements upfront.Ultimately, after a full-day of looking (probably 30 houses in one day), we put in an offer, closed 3 weeks later, and she made about $15K for about 10 hours of work.I imagine that offset the times when she showed people houses all weekend and they didn't make any offers...she realized that hers is a business of service and numbers, and that if she only wanted to deal with people who guaranteed her a commission, she wouldn't be doing nearly as well.

I don't claim to be an expert in probate procedures but I recently purchased a property that required probate court approval (I imagine factually the situation is similar to yours).One piece of advice, which helped me, was to be very prepared regarding substantiating the less than appraised value purchase price.

Imagine all the fraud that would come out of that open vein.

I imagine if there is one person doing all this work, it could easily take more than 280 hours...in fact, I could imagine it taking one person double that...

I would imagine yes, but never know.If you do, what kind of paperwork do you establish between yourself and the other wholesaler, so when everything goes to closing, the title/escrow company knows there is 2 wholesalers to be paid the assignment fee?

have ran some numbers on doing seller financed which I figured was also most reasonable, the return was ok but not great considering the possible angst involved (the tax matters I am uncertain about, despite research I could only hazard an educated guess, will need a professional in that regard for sure)I'm not adverse to using a property management company, we used one here, and don't imagine they can be any worse there.

I could not have imagined in a million years that lousy house I first saw, that smelled like something died in there could be turned into this.

Not sure what you're currently doing with the cash you have sitting around, but I would imagine it's not returning nearly as much.So, from a purely financial perspective, if you have the free time, it seems like a no-brained...

Or you can snipe a sick REO (no marketing costs)But once you have the right one under contract, then go to the courthouse, REIA meetings, post ads, signs, and every other form of marketing imaginable to sell before your closing date.You will not get rich easy this way.

The criminal has over 250 arrests and has convictions for just about everything you can imagine, including carrying a concealed weapon under disability, assaulting a police officer, drug trafficking, violating a restraining order, etc, etc, etc, etc.