That along with property card details and discussions with neighbors can sometimes make your knowledgeable low bid a lucrative proposition.

In fact the more someone attempts to posture with me the less inclined I am to deal with them (unless on a particular business transaction I can enjoy seeing them crumble when I present to them my own proposition, there is nothing more fun than intimidating, or at least greatly infuriating, the intimidators).

I think it would be an interesting value proposition during the lease walk with your prospective tenants to inform them that you have installed energy efficient LED lighting throughout the rental unit.

Traffic>Conversion>Monetize.If you're not getting enough prospects, you have a traffic problem, meaning that you're not getting enough people respond to your offer or proposition. 

I agree with you, it is a case by case proposition.

It is a blunt instrument, useful enough to weed out the ridiculous propositions, but not something upon which I would base an offer. 

I am seeing a lot of new people from the Florida base moving up here right now and they are a bit turned off from buying because of what happened to the prices in the Florida market at the downturn so rentals are a great proposition. 

I often equate this to the simple proposition: if you're using hard money to spread the risk, then you must not have confidence in the deal.

Chris... you have two choices... either provide your own start up capital... or provide some extremely strong value proposition to earn start up capital from others.It is very VERY hard to enter this game with no money or special skill.

If you have that ability you bring value to the proposition; if not you are a third intermediary in a two intermediary deal, either cutting into somebody's commission or adding to somebody's cost without providing value.