All Forum Posts by: Ruth Ann Manison Prince

@Steve Dockins, Being a cash buyer in this market certainly helps. Being a cash buyer in this market who is willing to make a winning offer helps even more. Talk to a few agents and see who listens AND hears you. It's long-term business arrangement that gets easier for both client and agent over time as your relationship develops and you get to know each other's habits and preferences. Keep looking until you find someone to partner with who is in your corner. And taking a day or two to run numbers doesn't work any more. Unfortunately that may be the biggest problem. 

For what it's worth, very often investors unintentionally burn up a lot of a real estate agent's time by making impossibly low offers and/or expecting perfect purchase circumstances before they are willing to act, so everybody ends up being exhausticated... Look for properties on your own and bring them to your agent. Be good to work with. Be responsive. Be specific in what you want as far as location or property type or budget. Be prepared to make a strong offer and provide the funds timely. It's a team effort to meet your goals. Remember time and expertise are a Realtor's commodity, so loyalty and action are rewarded with more loyalty and more action. An agent could spend all day looking for great deals for a dozen investors who want to be spoon-fed opportunities, but they don't have their money in order or they are too unsure. Meanwhile their other clients who actually pay the bills and have urgent needs are neglected and nobody ever gets to make a move. With regard to the unfriendly agent, she was in a representation agreement with the seller. In some states it is illegal to represent a sign-call buyer. I hope that gives some perspective. Hang in there! 

@Raj Khadilkar, remember the 'Golden Rule' -- He who has the gold makes the rules! Your lender and title company will be able to tell you if this will work for your specific situation. 

Ask your lender and title company if you can do a RON closing under the circumstances. RON = Remote Online Notary. The title company loads your docs in the notary portal, you verify your identity and schedule an appointment to sign online in front of a notary who is IN THE US during the signing. Problem solved. I hope that helps.