, my buddy uttered out in disbelief.

If your investment goals are utterly dependent on having adequate cash flow from your properties, any downturns will cripple you.

If you are listing a property as their agent, a seller will tell you more about their situation than they might if they were speaking directly to a potential buyer, therefore, it should be known before a seller ever utters anything about their situation that you are a potential buyer, and not an agent looking to list their property for sale. 

That Ron guy, what total and utter BS, now I really see why Dodd-Frank was passed, it was wrong 10 years ago!

Is it something I should entertain over the next 6 months or just chill out for a year or so and gain experience?

I hate to utter those words though.. heheYou may also talk to the seller and see if she will sign a quit claim deed...

I do my best to never miss the main meeting.As to the one in Hammond at the BWW, (I think it is 2nd mondays) it is just more of a chill and share meeting of investors.

I overpaid for this shoddily-constructed hovel with its HOA fees and idiotic rules, utterly incompetent and corrupt management, and neighbors I still would not be able to sit down and eat with if I hadn't had a meal in three days.

Find the Ip Man of Sales Skills.... then you will be Bruce Lee.Utter Foolishness...In my mind.. it is utter foolishness to expect that Bruce Lee would have been who he was unless he had Ip Man teaching him by his side.  

line is a joke when uttered amid mass layoffs (amusing link), and stock valuations that are down >30% YTD across the board [see stock tickers: rkt, uwmc, hmpt]).A part of that "baseline" is always refinances, but anyone that rate/term refinanced in 2020/2021 will likely not rate/term refinance again for at least 6-10 years, just as folks that rate/term refid in 2012 ("omg 3.375%, rates can NEVER get that low again!")