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just entered Dean's Weekly Wisdom contest sharing a few tools to give edge in viewing a property.

I've been thinking about REI for quite some time now, mostly a couple years ago when I was in a position to lose my job (due to no fault of mine)and here recently due to the government shutdown. I was placed in furlough status. But thanks to God, it didn't last too long and we were paid. Being in these positions makes me realize that I cannot truly depend on one source of income. BTW, I'm married with 4 children (9 yrs old and younger). My wife home schools because we cannot afford child care and actually she does a GREAT JOB at it. We are considering full time home schooling until our kids reach high school. Although I've had this interest for quite some time, I never really got off the couch. One, my wife insisted we purchase OUR home first. Two, no money to invest.

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While running Comps for a few different houses I have run into a problem where there are not Comps that fit the requirements. Such as no houses have sold within the last 3 months or there are no houses that are +/- 20% of the SqFt that have sold within the last 3 months. Can anyone give me an idea on how to get the AMV?

I have a buyer interested in a house that I looked at with the listing realtor -the realtor did mention that the owner said cash deal - the interested buyer relied back asking if the owner would do owner financing with a down payment - do I need to be concerned with this ,do I pass this along to the realtor or should I not even get involved doing an assignment of contract ? All inquiries are grateful .

I have a buyer interested in a house that I looked at with the listing realtor -the realtor did mention that the owner said cash deal - the interested buyer relied back asking if the owner would do owner financing with a down payment - do I need to be concerned with this ,do I pass this along to the realtor or should I not even get involved doing an assignment of contract ? All inquiries are grateful .