.  :-)@Wayne Brooks said ...The chances of you finding a buyer for a higher price than could be gotten off of MLS is slim, unless you have some ignorant buyers.In the last two month I sold five houses wholesale to three rehabbers, one of the rehabbers is the most successful rehabber I know locally, another rehabber that I sold three properties to sits on the board of the local reia group and runs a mentoring program for new people, another is one of my former project managers who is on his own now, he buys all his deals from me. 

I was recently notified that $4500 is sitting in escrow and was never claimed by the contractor who performed the sewer lateral back in 2008. 

So I'm sitting in bed at 7:30am just after coming back from placing my first 20 bandit signs!

it would make it much easier and I could offer on multiple properties in a much smaller amount of time. this way i wouldnt have to sit down with the sellers agent and go through the motions since my offers I anticipate will be more of a numbers game (allot of offers before one lands)

It is a 3 bed 2.5 bath built in the 80's. It

Same goes with inspection request items, if we are fresh on the market and get a quick offer, we will only repair safety items or super legit stuff we may have missed on our renovation, if we have been sitting on the market awhile and the buyer wants the electrical panel labeled...

@Leon Yang  This is a home that sits directly across the street from me that has been empty for about three years...owner had a heart attack while mowing the grass and moved into a condo...I think the income on a monthly basis is key...and if I were him, I would want a balloon at some point in the next 10-15yrs...any suggestions?

I was a bit perplexed by the brokers comments, but defaulted to their opinion...perhaps I need to sit and have a conversations with the broker about the rationale...

My home is 7 years old and sits on the world's nastiest clay - so far, so good.

When I did finally get to sit with the person that was motivated to sell if they were in foreclosure  99% were..