Or do you see shaved heads with neck tattoos hanging out on the corner with other low-lives drinking beer and smoking?

Somethings I coulda and shoulda done better, but we live and we learn.One thing that I didn't do so well in 2011 was stay laser focused on my buying criteria.

When problems arise you just can't drive down the street to handle issues with a property etc.You need to get laser focused on what you want to do and work a plan.

All three had the same answer: hands down, well maintained quality properties in B neighborhoods.We also heard a presentation from Logan Rankin, one of the fastest growing investors in our area (from 0 to 3500 units in ten years) and he has a laser focus on excellent tenant experiences, upgrading properties inside and outside with an amzing pace (a team of 50 contractors with several trucks full of materials at the property on day 1 after closing, the first full unit rehab completed 48 hours later as a model unit to show etc..).

Once you understand what you want to do you can laser focus only on that and forgot trying a little of this and that and seeing what sticks.

You want to focus like a laser on the kinds of deals you want to do, and you should be communicating this to brokers and other people with access to these deals.  

In this world time is a precious commodity so you have to be laser focused on what you want and what you do not.If you are a brand new investor trying a way out there approach with limited money then likely a brand new agent with nothing going on to submit crazy offers or strategies will be the only one to bite.Seasoned brokers/agents are busy with seasoned investors who are active in the market.If you have no cash, no experience, etc. then a broker/agent in demand isn't going to spend time on that.

Ruger makes the lcp 380 that is available with a built in laser sight.

@jonI look at some of these pages like I do face tattoos.

We went back into the home and found our seller's buddy in the back room giving a tattoo to another buddy, and after intense pressure to get a "free" tattoo I decided to leave the place...walking backwards. 3.