It also needs to be put on to a specific thickness, with a gauge. 

After installing 5 sheets of 3/4" subfloor and 1/4" underlayment (original flooring was 1" thick), I have a very tight pet policy.  

Work on a thick skin, this is business.

The mold was inches thick on the walls and the ceiling fans looked like upside-down tulips.Here's a picture from a local house where the basement flooded after the power was turned off and the sump stopped pumping out...Notice the fan blades drooping...

He had followed all the instructions and had built himself a sellers list over an inch thick and a buyers (not wholesaler but end buyer) list over an inch thick, but wasn't able to put it all together and hadn't done a single deal.After talking to him, I agreed to work with him.

Most everyone on BP knows and understands I use simple and direct language, mostly so I don't have to wear my fingers out typing flowery beat around the bush suggestions that I might use in person, it also comes from my Army background, I have a spoof about guru boot camps.If you get to some of my motivational rants, you might wait until you have thicker skin as it takes thick skin to be in real estate, we don't have the more pleasant, more humane and ethical aspects of corporate life at the beginning of a real estate adventure.

@Mark Graffagnino We sat at the table, signed a stack of documents 5 inches thick for each property, and I went on my way.  

Looks like interesting thick book to me ))

But, even if they turn you down, if you learned even one new thing that will help you in the future, it wasn't a waste of time.And you'll also find out if this particular agent will stick with you as an investor through thick and thin.

When applying the mud, remember that it is better to do multiple thin coats than one thick coat.