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  1. I agree with Chris! Pity of us who have common names, those with different names stand out, are remembered more easily, and give the whole conversation a different flair. Only issue with a unique name is that you're instantly Google-searchable, so beware where you put your name out there (including this site!).
  2. Actually, from somewhere in the deeps of my n00bity bilingual brain I mustered up something similar to that, and the guy replied "why should I pay my attorney to review your contracts? I've seen many contracts on a daily basis and I know exactly what to look for." MC, your last paragraph pretty much sums up my opinion about this, and the dangers of getting into a mess on my first deal. I just wanted to post this here to help me get some positive learning out of this, rather than just ignore the situation, and of course so all other "freshly initiated" could benefit. Thanks to all for helping out!
  3. Thanks esk456, That last line of yours pretty much sums up my thoughts about this particular dude. He won't even give me his ADDRESS, so I have no way to know if it's even worth my time meeting him and whatnot! I wanted to post this question more to see if anyone had experienced people requesting the contracts before talking or negotiating in any way. It's happened to me twice now, and still don't understand what the big deal is. It's not like they're going to be tied up without signing it!
  4. I haven't been speaking to sellers for long, but today was the second time I've come upon someone who says they need to see the contracts before they even decide if they want to do this. No matter how much I've explained how things work (and I'm sure I would've gotten a C on that one, but that's for another day), they just want to see the contract before "wasting any more of their time". I tried to coax them into talking about the property and numbers, and they would not move forward with any talks until I sent the contracts. One of them wouldn't even give me the property address unless I had the attorney who prepared the contracts call him! Has this happened to you? If so, what is the appropriate response?
  5. (This goes to Nate as well) This is what I've been doing, which I know might not give me a 100% clean set of results, but it's way closer than any function CL has. Copy and paste these search parameters and use them as your actual search within CL. Replace "CITY1", "CITY2", etc, with the cities you're interested in. I wouldn't add more than 4 cities as shown above. The last two parameters are just to weed out those types of properties, but a lot of postings will either misspell or not state them anyway, so some might fall through. It's important to include every little symbol I included above!! Quotes, dashes, and pipes... If you don't it won't work! Try that, and please let me know if that worked for you.
  6. Yes, I like SearchTempest a lot too. However, with it I find I have even a harder time than straight up on CL opening separate tabs and windows to see each property. This hack right here helped me thumb down hundreds of postings quickly.
  7. Thanks all, this is very helpful advice! Sort of on the subject, today I spoke to a condo owner who has not been making payments on the house (so it wouldn't work for our thing), but she told me that the bank doesn't want to take possession of the property, nor remove her name from the lien or title, so she's left in total limbo. But if the bank doesn't even want these properties, that's gotta tell you something about their real value, eh?
  8. As you know, Florida is filled to the brim with condos. Are these a good type of property to target? I would think not many people are out to buy them, but for the type of arrangement (lease purchase) and the lower property values, I'd think there could be a good pool of interested potential T/B's. Any experiences anyone can share?
  9. Sorry MC, Mama Assange asked me never to talk about those things. XD
  10. Haha!! To be 100% clear, I didn't produce this particular piece of software (even though I DO make stuff like this as my main profession). One more thing... Apologies to MC, I shouldn't have posted this under the "Lease Purchasing" area. Sorry!
  11. Alright, hopefully this is another useful tip to help your deal-hunting ventures. I just did a few tweaks to my Firefox browser in order to make my Craigslist browsing a lot more efficient and a lot less time-consuming. Check out this screen-cap: That's right, in one screen I can see my search results at the left, the full post on the right, and if I scroll right below the full post I can see the Google Maps of the property... All without opening multiple tabs or windows!! If I click on any other result on the left, it just refreshes the right side of the browser. This could literally save you hours of work! Here's how to do it: 1- Open Firefox. 2- Go here, and click on "Download Now" to download GreaseMonkey. 3- You'll probably need to shut down and re-open (i.e., restart) the browser. 4- When you come back, just click on this link to install the Craigslist hack. 5- And voilá! As soon as you visit Craigslist, it'll work. 6- Don't like it? You can temporarily de-activate Greasemonkey by right-clicking on the little monkey head on the lower-right of your browser, and then un-checking "Enable". Or you can also open your Add-Ons panel and Disable or Uninstall Greasemonkey. If you like it, let me know!
  12. Pilot, I hear ya and I suspected that would be the case. It's not just a motivated seller we're looking for, but also someone who sees value in what we bring to the table.
  13. What a coincidence! I just found out about Adam yesterday, went through ALL his YouTube videos (they're excellent!)... Happy birthday!!
  14. Thanks for the quick response MC!
  15. What about FSBO's and FRBO's who are already advertising their properties online, and offering rent-to-own possibility... Should I even bother? Do we have anything to offer them? Real-life example: " Very nice 2/1, brand new inside, for sale by owner, not a short sale or bank owned asking $49,900 OBO single family home, all appliances included plus washer and dryer, ceramic tile throughout the whole house and laminate on the bedrooms, ceiling fans in rooms and living room, also willing to do rent to own, seller motivated!! 888-888-8888 "
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