The other responses largely fill in the gap.In my view you are trading time for money.

Unless having a license then was important to his model I would largely skip the license step.John Corey

My initial thoughts are, if there's such a large margin in the deal....why is the seller selling?

If you get hit by a car and have large medical bills your credit might take a hit.

I am a Commercial Agent who has very capable residential agents.Showing positive absorption on the commercial side (office/retail/industrial)Residential market is stable with a large number or foreclosure and bank owned properties.

So my objective should be to try to get her to make as large of a down payment as possible....Not sure of anything else about her (and her husband) but if she calls me again Ill know where to go.

In many places, though, you can see a large portion of the listings for free.Jon

Others just let me know when they're ready to make a move, and I research what's available that meets their requirements.I still end up having to comb through a lot of listings manually, of course, but knowing how to work the database of a large city's MLS makes my life a lot easier.Good luck!

Now in the case of the homeowner, it may not be large sums of money, but quality of life is huge and I do as much as possible to get them back on their feet, into a positive situation as opposed to a negative one.So I guess I don't have a solid answer to your question, because each deal is so different, and what is needed on each deal is very different.

Smaller than that, and you have to have public water.Subdividing is a complex process, and will be largely driven by local requirements.