Getting it "under contact" just means getting an agreement that both of you sign so nobody else can bypass you and buyt he property while you're working on the deal.

I've been considering spending my time next semester and next year doing some sort of investing and building up some assets rather than getting a job and putting money in someone else's pocket.

I'll see what else I can do.Thank you...

Anyone else run into this?

When you hear a guru mention "secret", "autopilot", "making money while you sleep", or anything else that implies you'll make money without a LOT OF WORK - RUN!

Im a full time electrician with dreams of waking up in the morning and not haveing to go work for someone else.

We have to deal with bank-appointed independent appraisers like everybody else too.

If a furnace goes out, you've got $50 toward capital expenses for each of your 100 units, which means each month you have $5,000 to use toward that furnace and whatever else is needed that month.

On the plus side, it's in the agent's best interest to close the sale before the auction or else he looses any chance of getting paid.I can't imagine what contract you have with the agent unless you contracted with him as a buyers agent.

Maybe you could share some of your double closings with everyone else?