Are you finding that asset-based approvals (funding the deal rather than the credit score) are helping you stay competitive?

Fall/Winter is the least competitive time (best time of year to be a buyer) so stay on it and see what you can land! 

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Closing mid-month removes that variable; if rent still hasn’t been paid and the seller wants you to go collect it, you have firmer ground—payment should have been made much earlier in the month.Of course, in a competitive market you won’t always land your ideal date.

We'll from a lenders perspective, direct and coorispondant broker here, I know general the industry average is 2 points.

I think what’s important is to look at your competition and compare how there amenities compares to yours.

It tends to build competition.  

I was in the wholesale industry for 3 years, and the most important thing is to have patience and guts of steel.

They want the fastest solution, not the “best investor.”If you don’t respond fast… someone else will.And they’ll get the contract you should’ve had.It’s not about being perfect.It’s about being first.In off-market real estate, speed isn’t a bonus…it’s a competitive advantage.

I too when I first came into this industry I thought, well you just do like 10 flips to generate cash and then off you go holding/flipping until your little heart can't take it.