I'm a kid in a candy store waiting to fill up my basket!

Contract clauses were really a big help - principal only mortgage - that is NO INTEREST, installment down payments, money back, right of possession, many subject to offers, delayed settlement with possession - contract candy ( also known as buyer incentives) prime rate financing - money back from seller - discounting existing current and defaulted mortgages, early pay-off discounts, substitution of collateral (my favorite one)When there is NO equity - I offer --- Contract of sale (on a skinny), subject to existing financing, immediate possession, right to assign and release of liability -- This system works well when house lacks equity.

I can send you the link when it gets posted.If you draw a big circle around the city...I like the smaller cities on the edge of that circle....so in the North, places like Princeton, Lavon, Anna, Melissa, Celina, Aubry, Pilot Point, Denton, Sanger, Valley View, Ponder, Justin, Saginaw, Azle, Weatherford, Aledo, Burleson, Crowley, Cleburn.

Leads - from the internet or run ads in local papers.Negotiate the price on the phoneMake a trial offer - a trial offer is an offer well below what they wanted - a TRIAL OFFER  will smoke out their true motivation.Always ask for contract candy - that is anything they can add to the deal - all the furniture, owner financing, interest free note for their balance or part of it, a car, money back at settlement etc.Send a skinny contract for electronic signaturesGet it inspected, have agents look at it, get compsIf my offer is too high, go into second stage negotiations (lowering the offer).Advertise the property for sale - if no takers - have a public auction.With remote investing the United States is your market - learn how to do it and you will always have leads, deals and settlements.Good luck,Charles

First business venture ever was selling candy to my schoolmates in middle school so I can afford to have a good time on a trip to mexico with my parents. 

But in Columbus 4 plex properties are candy now.

Let me add that there are plenty of wonderful tenants out there that I don't mind giving a holiday thank you gift so what we give them is a nice thank you card for being our tenant with a candy cane or two.. something like that doesn't cost a lot but they know that it's a handwritten card and let's them know that they are appreciated and that really goes a long way :) 

Your back story is inspiring and I know that if you just stick with REI through good times and bad you will one day open that candy bar and find that golden ticket. 

Would have been better off in Candy but just trying to give a friend a deal.

He also has the investor mindset, and is looking to save his money for something other than Candy and Legos.Its actually been part of my plan for the last few years to have my kids buy a house while still young.