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Ok, I called the seller's agent to let him know that I want to make an offer. The house was sitting for 600k, lots of work had to be done on it and for whatever reason the seller needed to close by the 5th of October....
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Legally speaking: Can a listing agent refuse to present an offer?On June 1, 2015 By Lorie Garland, Assistant Vice President of Legal ServicesThe OAR Legal Assistance Hotline receives an array of real estate-related le...
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Can I assign an offer to purchase contract?
When doing an "offer to purchase" do you have to give an earnest money deposit? or not until they accept and we do an actual agreement?
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Hello Folks! I have been gone for a while, glad to be back.
Please, if you could give your opinion or advise on the following question, I will greatly appreciate it.
I have decided to start making offers on REOs w...
I apologize if this sounds silly but I honestly do not know. I imagined this was not possible without an agent but after listening to some podcasts I've heard mentions of doing this and using sample contracts. Is this...
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Hello bigger pockets buddies. I'm currently reading "The book on negotiating real estate" by J scott, Mark Ferguson and Carol scott. I had a question about the assignment contract (the contract with wholsaler and sell...
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I recently shared my story about how I grew my rental portfolio to 35 rental units and $10k+ in monthly cash flow in about 5 years. Here is the link if you haven't see it.Part of my strategy lately has been doing smal...
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Do anyone here have any experience on submitting backup offers to short sales?
What is the success rate?
I have a number of properties that I am interested that went into pending on day one, or before I can arrange ...
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I posted this previously in another forum but haven't received any responses and I'm hoping to get some input from people familiar with the local market. The goal is to find a price that is fair for both parties.I own...
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Hi Everyone! I just bought a property without an agent and the listing agent, even though he did not take the buyers agent commission, has been guiding me along this process to include drafting the formal offer contr...