You can not 100% count on strangers reading every word very carefully, because many people don't.I wouldn't have made any comments to you, just a quick "no thank you, not interested."

Throwing a dart at the map in a market you don't know intimately and putting your money in the hands of complete strangers thousands of miles away seems like the greater gamble in this situation to me.

As a hardwood flooring installer and sander, I'm no stranger to being around the scene of development groups and residential areas around Denver and areas of Colorado. 

If I can help in any way, don't be a stranger.

The reality is, when a newbie stumbles on a great deal, they run the numbers, they call their lender, they build a spreadsheet, they ask their friends to come walk the property with them, they post on BP and wait for strangers to verify whether or not this is, indeed, a good deal.An experienced investor just scoops it up right away. 

Sometimes, truth is much stranger than fiction when it comes to landlording.

I am certainly not saying “tell me what to do with 1m and I’ll do it” to a bunch of strangers, I’m simply trying to find where I have an unfair advantage or a leg up in the real estate investing market.

How often a day do you communicate to strangers that you're a real estate investor?

Neither ... buy locally and control your own destiny rather than relying on the kindness of strangers out of state.

All the while, absolute trust must be placed in this stranger to pick good tenants, manage them and the property, not skimp on service or skim any of the cash flowing through their fingers, or kill the investor with additional fees for make ready, tenant placements, repairs, lease ups, evictions, etc.