Definitely worth getting in touch with him to talk shop.

@Darrin Carey touched on a great point that I wanted to make: Getting your Real Estate License will not necessarily make you a better/smarter/faster/cheaper investor - the two skill sets are completely different.As an agent, you'll learn the concept of agency (representing the interests of another party in a transaction) and the associated laws in your state, and you'll learn the inner workings of the "closed ecosystem" that is the MLS.

Keep in touch, keep rocking it, and you'll get on the podcast some day :)

Much easier to buy and actually touch the property to add value and justify a higher price than falling into the abyss Jay just mentioned.

I would touch base with many lening institutions and see if one of them might do this for me.  

We thought we could try to get in touch with the current occupants and offer to buy their appliances (which are quite nice) since they’re not included in the sale and try to build some rapport that way.

The copper roof won't need to be touched for another 100.  

NJ landlords can skip paying at least annual interest only if they occupy the building and it has 2 or less units, other than the landlord's unit, but even in those small owner-occupied rental buildings, tenants must be paid interest at least annually by simply asking for it.NY also has somewhat similar rules.It does seem that in most states, landlords can't even use some of the deposit to make repairs or just debit late rent while the tenant still occupies; it requires notice to quit or and other such formal paperwork before landlord can even touch the deposit even though the landlord is holding it 'in good faith', until the moment tenant moves out and even then repairs and deficits must be itemized via written notice.

As many others have pointed out, he is easy to get in touch with.

@Hattie Dizmond gave us a generous gift and touched us by the amount of time she took out of her busy schedule to show us exactly how to run the numbers.