So you not only have to increase production to get the price down there, but also increase production to out-grow OPECS reduction in production, because they will throttle production to keep there profit margin nice and fat. 

If I could do that, I might get the property for what I'd originally intended, plus the owners would get some badly needed money instead of a big fat NOTHING by losing it in the auction.  

Or, I can sell on a Lease Option and I can get a fat check at closing.

Sounds enticing:  buy property after property for .35 on the dollar, quickly flip it to someone else for a fast, fat profit. 

Instead of asking for permission, I was presented with a big fat bill of thousands of dollars.

Instead of asking for permission, I was presented with a big fat bill of thousands of dollars.

In regards to tech, I think we see some more fat trimming in Q1.

Originally posted by @Arsen Atanasovski:I’m a realtor, you don’t need one for a off market deal, main point if you agree to the numbers take all your paperwork to your local title company and they will do the rest, if you want to pay someone 3% like me go right ahead in the end, title calls your agent on any missing docs so basically nothing I might get a lot of negativity on this post but your buying as an investor and realtors really most of them don’t even know what an investor is, they are a realtor for the end user and make fat commissions on primary properties. 

If the deal is very fat due to our deal finding ability...we will bump up our fees.

I had similar with duplex and ended up having to foot the bill but it was determined the break was on my property and resolved with yard excavation and a fat repair bill.