From: "Jim in AZ" 
Newsgroups: alt.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: If a real estate agent can find profitable properties for you, why can't he/she just buy them and make profit for him/herself?
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:45:28 -0700

"Baird Spalding"  wrote in message
news:TVpRa.10738$r35.5431@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com...
>
> On 16-Jul-2003, Ron  wrote:
>
> > So now you have this listing(or someone in your office) that hasn't
> > sold. But now the seller HAS to sell. With a few phone calls can you
> > get a few offers on the table?
>
> I lower it in the MLS, offer a sellers bonus and then announce it by
> autodialing, fax broadcasting and e-mailing my database of 500+ local
> agents, brokers and assistants, and it's usually sold within two days. Most
> sellers who can't afford to wait are in too deep to discount it to the point
> of giving it to a investor. But I guess it couldn't hurt to add investors to
> my database as well.

Now you are willing to do business with people whom you *know* to be
conducting illegal enterprises ?!?!?!?!?!

Have you NO scruples??

Jim