If the contract is assignable and the seller would be comfortable with your assignment fee, you can collect a small deposit up front with the rest of the assignment due at closing.If the contract is not assignable or you think they would balk at your assignment fee, double close.

This particular agent had dealt with investors before and so was more comfortable than the typical agent with the fact 'we may partner with someone on buying it or have another investor we work with be the buyer, but the price and terms we agreed on won't change.  

I'm still trying to figure out where to start but it's comforting to know there are a lot of people here who are willing to share their knowledge and experience.Thank you,Paul

It's just difficult for me to reach out of my comfort zone.

If it feels right and you did your do diligence and are comfortable with your data then make the deal.

I've had a house call in the middle of the night for a child that cost 17 dollars.

In commercial many people will try to fudge the Cashflow numbers so get really comfortable looking at spreadsheets.

This "us and them" child's play of RE vs.

That said, there are some smart, driven, articulate people on BP who I would be comfortable researching working with.

I also do not have a CPA since I am an inactive CPA and we feel comfortable handling it ourselves.