However, there is a reduced sales tax due on the rental of commercial office, warehouse, self-storage, vacation rentals, etc.

Why doesn't he want to do it, and what are his plans to do with the reduced cash he gets after selling the properties traditionally? 

So, they probably won't reduce the price on that basis.

In my opinion, the upfront time investment will reduce the risk with your $$ investment later.

Also ask family, friends and colleagues to refer someone they have used.You might also consider getting a home inspector to look at the property with the lack of business you could find one to do an inspection at a reduced price.The purpose of this is to have a clear picture of what needs to be taken care of and not just what your general contractor says.

Therefore the bank is a part of the short sale contract which they also must use to reduce the amount of the defiency that they may be entilted to otherwise.

The best you can do is pre-screen sellers for those costs that are going reduce success rates.

It has been on the MLS for a long time and was recently reduced.

For even real estate agents, off line marketing effectiveness has reduced by almost half (from 27% in 2007 to 15% in 2008), and even "For Sale" signs have lost their effectiveness by 2/3 (6% in 2007to 2% in 2008).

Is there anything you can do to reduce the number of turns before the discharge point?