The result was 1) Not getting enough quality opportunities in front of myself to execute on. 2) Eliminating any competitive advantage I did have when bidding. 3) I was too focused on getting the big deal done when I should be also scooping up bread and butter deals on the way to the big one.

Frankly I find it absurd that a customer should have to butter up an employee in order for them to perform the responsibilities of their job, but that's the public sector for you.

A nice though somewhat nondescript, bread and butter rancher in Central Colorado Springs, I put it up on a Thursday.

in my book a real estate agent who is not all about the commissionsayinthey get paid and sometimes they make a little more than there commission depending on the dealyou ever heard the term bread and butter or cream puff agents?

HahaI say that because they are my bread and butter.

I am still investing locally but my bread and butter is now shifting to the Midwest for fix n flips and turnkeys.

Investing in SFHs is not practical by my standards as the prices are driven by financially illiterate home buyers.Appreciation is not by bread and butter.

My goal was to start out doing wholesaling and working up enough capital that I could start doing some BRRR deals as I feel passive income via long-term rentals would be my bread and butter. 

Poor is a relative term though - for many people dealing with war zone properties is their bread and butter, and for many people buying rentals with no mortgage is better than having cash in the savings account.Or am I missing something?

I suspect their chosen appraisal company knows who butters their bread and doesn't need to be explicitly told that the lender doesn't want excessive exposure.