I say all that to say, maybe let him know your frustrations and work together to figure out your goals and then based on your goals you can back in to what strategy you should tackle. 

Or they are just collecting leads like spam email marketing then sell the potential leads to wholesale buyers?

I have an opportunity to convert a 7 room boarding house into a rental property.Have you tackled a project like this?

We consider looking for or offering products, properties, services, referrals or loans to be advertising.We have to hold a pretty strict line or the forums will quickly get overrun with spam like most online forums.

@Caleb Pittman thanks man, I just tried to send you a message but was greeted with a notification immediately saying “you have been banned from the bigger pockets messaging system for spamming” ........not sure why that happened.

Glad to be tackling on a project with him--very knowledgeable active duty real estate investor and Blackhawk pilot.

I have a few questions on how to tackle this deal-Can I offer cash for keys to get the tenants out so I can use an owner occupied FHA loan?

If not for spam filtering on my phone I'd have to get a new phone.I 'cold call' people but when I do it I say "Hi bob, I'm calling about your property at 123 Smith street.  

Wife and I are working on ourselves in general while we tackle our total money makeover.

Managing expectations, the order in which you should tackle work and also managing the workload and progress with contractors in place Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?