its a baseball term referring to a pitch that is so low, the batter thinks its a ball, but it just barely comes within the strike zone. the ump calls it a strike and the batter never swings. funny thing about these lowballs that no one swings at........ they never get a home run from them either. as a pitcher, if you never throw a lowball, you never get that strike on the batter. as abat ter, if you do not swing at the low ball, you are never gonna get a hit either. you need to throw that low ball once in a while and see if that batter swings at it. getting started again is hard, but you already know some of the game from trying a previous time. so, you should have less fear going into it this time around. you have watched all the podcasts, read all the books, now get out there and do what you want to do. no one stays in school their entire life, you have to get out there and apply what you have learned or all that learning is useless. get out there. if you fall on your face, then get back up. the only way to learn to do anything right is first learn how to do it wrong. then you know what not to do. good luck to you 

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Sounds strikingly familiar to my area.

The estimate did include:Exterior:- New trim around windows- Repair of one window (glass was cracked, looked like a baseball strike)- Deck repair (there are two decks, one off the master suite and one larger deck off the dining room.... both need minimum of power wash and paint)- ~$1,500 in lawn care, shrub trimming, tree trimming (it was pretty bad but would look amazing with some care) (this was my estimate outside of the GC estimate)Interior:- ~$3,500 for demo (my GC actually thought $6k but hires it out to 1-800-Got-Junk and recommended that I could find a less expensive option. 

Then again, agents that submit lowball offers get a bad rap and while it's not legal, I'm quite sure that some lowball offers don't get submitted to the sellers.I think striking out on your own might have merits in that the selling agent would then get a higher commission since they wouldn't be sharing it with anyone.

I have been with him when people would actually strike up a conversation about RE in a parking lot!

Generally speaking, ESPP is free money (I'm guessing you get a 10-15% discount on the strike price), so I would plow as much income into ESPP as the company will allow, and then sell as quickly as the sell period opens up.

Then, the only really important thing is to know your strike price and not get caught up in the heat of the moment and try to "win".

The reason being that the bank will require a BPO agent or an appraiser go out to the house and determine what they believe the value is, if that value comes in at your strike price then you've got yourself a deal.

There is nothing to say that you wont strike gold and find the perfect tenant who pays enough to cover the mortgage, but it is much easier (especially if you don't mind college students) to charge a premium rent that cash flows hundreds of dollars into your pocket every month if you find a property within the city limits.