If your heart is set on this house, offer something well above the asking price.

Coaching is like a diet program, they can work if you just work the plan. 

@Kevin Auyonglook up Jerry Padilla  he specializes in them bless his heart !!  I

Thank you very much for your input, I am taking much of this "Golden Thread" to heart. I

I have acquired many of them and have done very well, but it is not for the faint of heart. I

I told my wife that this is not our primary home, so it's more of a buy with your head instead of buy with the heart. I

Like you, my heart is set on real estate, I see many upsides, and I am to scared to swing a hammer.

hey everyone , my name is Joy , i am a new Real Estate Investor in Los Angeles , California . i am here to learn and network . i have teamed up with my girlfriend who is a real estate agent at Keller Williams in downt town los angeles and with my friend casey who is in finance. i currently work full time as a project manager for the environmental side of oil and gas . we are planning to wholesale houses and have kicked off a marketing campaign. my heart is in flipping houses and i feel that i will be able to choose the best deals through the wholesaling side . my grandmother flipped homes for about 15 years , i lived with her and was able to live that experience as well as learn construction.  

That type of property is only for the hearty investor.

It is like selling a slimming powder but you have to follow a certain diet/food restrictions, if you remove the powder and just follow the diet/food restriction, you will still be at the same outcome, maybe +/- 1 pounds after 3 months, but you save on the powder expense.