Real estate is both good and bad depending on the time, why would you want someone that is well prepared for retirement to take that kind of risk?

In every case I have prepared a binder detailing every repair, no matter how small, every improvement and remodel, comps from the area and the list of upcoming maintenance items.

As did Equity Title, who purportedly prepared the docs and did the escrow/title.

Thankfully she was prepared for the extra costs, but if I had it to do again I'd nail down these exact costs in advance.I learned so many lessons with this first deal, so please ask away if there's any more insight I can give :)

There are so many skill sets that you have had trained into you, that prepare you for this business, or any business.  

I am prepared to make my first deal in the Grand Rapids MI area, what a terrifying and exciting thing to do.

I asked if I can bring them some leads can we get them to close so I wrote down about 40 different properties for sale along with the askin price the bedrooms baths etc. what else should I have already prepared to bring to their attention to make sure we can take action and close a deal 

Hopefully folks will see it not as a "this is why you shouldn't do this" but rather as a "prepare yourself and don't believe it's as simple as they make it look on TV". 

I feel that preparation was key to this deal. 

Prepare to learn more from these wonderful people than any high priced guru!