Are there any good techniques to make sure that those who respond to my newspaper ads are truly motivated sellers? What should the ad say? What should my VM message be to screen those who call?

Thanks.

I’ve finally put together my first deal! A customer of mine, from when I had a small construction company, had a property to sell. Her and her husband previously had nearly 40 properties and one of the last ones left ...

Is the Only Way to Negotiate a Lower Price with Builders is to have a pain in the butt inspector find a laundry list of problems and meaningless in the grand scheme defects to compel them to cut their numbers to move ...

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Home currently has natural gas central unit with "NO" central cooling. The only cooling comes from window units. Pretty unusu...

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As a landlord, I recently received a Request for Proposal ("RFP") from a non-profit that is seeking office space.  I have never responded to a formal RFP before so this is all new to me. Tenant is requesting the landl...