What do you say to make them understand you are offering them a solution, not a shark feeding on their misfortune?

. = 594.005 Polo Shirts that read I Buy Houses at 45 each = 225.00 ( I already own pants)2 boxes of 1000 business cards = 100.0010 tanks of gas at 80 bucks a tank = 800.00 (eliminate this if buying virtually)Someone to show you how to buy houses for profit = 1397.00Total = 9356.00Median house sold in my city 238,000.00 x 6% =14,280.00 cost on each houseHowever in six Month will buy a lot more than just one and each one I ill buy at 65% of As Is value..

I could have backpedaled, offered less, and still got the deal, but I stuck to my original offer.For these homeowners, they were desperate to offload this house, didn't know where to turn, had been mistreated by other wholesalers and sharks, and the offer I made allowed them to move on, clear the books of debt and back taxes, get some much-needed medical work done, and ultimately get a fresh start. 

I have come to realize that compared to where BP was say 3 years ago, we are sliding in the quality of informative posts.It's rather difficult to say, but this new wave of newbies bouncing in speaking authoritatively as if they know something is getting harder to keep up with, then include the sharks looking for prey, the wanabe gurus, and those that don't understand Chapter One of the Principles of Real Estate and we have a real mess!  

We got interested in real estate when the market tanked and never looked back.

And got our free dive with sharks in as well.

Check to see if the expansion tank is full of water.  

One of our guys was removing an old toilet, the tank had a hairline crack he did not notice, when he pulled it away from the wall the tank broke with a large piece slicing multiple tendons in his wrist, he was down about six months.

And finally, at the top of the market after we increased our price a good bit to match the market, he bit and we bought ... and then the market tanked. 

So long as the deal isn't tanking that is.