How this classroom works, and the one rule in this room.

Why a recorded installment contract makes you an equitable owner, why a wholesale contract never did, and the one sentence that explains it.

The seller's number, your resale number, and every cost in between, so you know whether it's a deal before you make the offer.

How to sit down with a seller, find what they actually need, and explain the installment method so plainly they can say yes and mean it.

The four jobs inside the due diligence window, and the three questions that decide whether you close.

Both documents, page by page: what each part protects, and the four places they have to match.

What you sign at the attorney's office, what changes when you walk out, and the page that sets up the second closing.

The days between the first closing and the listing: the clean-out, the clean, and the repairs you do, and don't.

How my firm sells the house once the contract is recorded, and what we're careful never to claim while we do it.

Fresh payoffs, the two deeds, and the closing statement, so the seller's check matches what they signed.

How to find one, what to ask before your first deal, and why both of your closings belong in the same office.

How to ask the seller for more time, the right way and before the date, and how any change gets made in writing so it counts.

How much work belongs in an installment deal, why so little, and how to spot the house that isn't this deal at all.

When to call it, what to tell the seller, the paperwork that unwinds it, and the one rule of this room.

Which seller this fits, how to explain two closings in plain words, and why you walk in with more than one offer.

The deal math in letters, from the retail price down to your spread, so you know it works before you make the offer.

Why the attorney where your property is comes before your first contract, how to find one who knows these deals, and what to bring them.

The three jobs inside the window after the seller signs, and the three questions that decide whether you go ahead, renegotiate, or walk.

The seven decisions to settle before your attorney drafts the contract, written on a term sheet in letters.

What happens at the first closing table: who's there, what gets signed, where your down payment goes, and what changes when you walk out.

The make-ready, held to the budget from Episode 3, then pricing the house and selling it to a retail buyer through a licensed agent.

How the money pays out at the second closing, why your check isn't your spread, and the three calls to make before the day.

How to ask the seller for more time, what to do when a deal fails, the rules of this room, and the whole method end to end.

The South Carolina contract templates from the series, and the deal math calculator from Episode 3. South Carolina transactions only. Take every template to your closing attorney before you use it.