You will find that having this time now to focus on RE will bring fruitful results.

It would streamline the process of having one company do the research and going through them, but also have some healthy skepticism with putting all my eggs in one basket.

It is based on a common "basket of goods" and if you look at those items they include it is made up of weird things that don't resemble my life at all.

I will caution you about putting all your eggs in one basket (buyer).

It opened my eyes to possibilities, and because of taking action on what the book talks about, I have made relationships and partnerships that are proving fruitful. 

Proverbial "putting all your eggs into one basket" and pretty risky. 

@Chris ButlerI do $20 card for a pizza place with their welcome basket of useful items and $50 at Christmas.

The deals happen so quickly calling the cops may not be as fruitful unless they were able to search the house.

This is in the Palm Springs area and it is a desirable place to live so even if she left, I know tenants are not hard to come by.All of my deals have been "low hanging fruit" wholesale deals with equity cause this is who I have been direct marketing to but now running ads this is my first lead that is not so clean.Is a seller financing situation the best case with a down payment of the balances owed being worked out?

Our friends use the extra money to fund retirement baskets but you could use it to scrounge extra "downpayment" money.I found biggerpockets a year ago well after my model was on it's way to being developed.