GPS isn't always 100% accurate and trying to open the door of the wrong house can have seriously bad consequences.

I’ll fight them 100 percent, but the deck is way stacked against you.

$2300 down is a (bad) joke.

I had a pretty successful career doing that and made good money but, it was not my passion, I love real estate and everything about it the good and the bad.

Even open houses on occupied rentals are a bad idea.If you want the highest sales price possible, you will have to list it on the MLS. 

These homes tend to individually appreciate over time and are actually not bad places to live.The places with the lot rent you have to decide if you want to be in the mobile home business and buy the park.

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Took this home from bad to glam in 1.5 months for a healthy profit.

Reason #1:  If you're not careful even a bad lawyer can get it turned into a purchase, with all of the rent credited to the purchase. 

And yeah Marquette, MI is an appreciating market and a college town where everyone complains about increasing rents (and their bad landlords).Hopefully I can still find a few properties that can cash flow anything, no matter how small, with zero down but I'll have to see if they'll pass VA inspection too.

I didn't think it is necessarily a bad thing, just is more of a sales strategy than anything else.why do you think that the concept of investing in real estate with 0 money is an "idea" instead of a real thing.