This was despite my explaining that I would be making a cash purchase and already owned residential rentals in the area.Eventually, I found one or two agents who were enthusiastic to work with me although not after first promoting their own noncompetitive pocket listings.

Remember, if you have to carry a gun to collect rent, you made a bad investment decision.

I subscribed to the Top Gun Commercial Financing and Investing Training.

Very enthusiastic about getting into RE as a wealth builder but I know that I have much to learn about the process.

Hello BiggerPockets Community,My name is Seth, and I'm excited to join this amazing group of real estate enthusiasts and professionals.

With regard to securing a tenant, I think you are attracting the applicants you want, but maybe are gun shy about accepting them. 1.

this is in our lease regarding prohibited conduct, aka violation of the lease, "criminal conduct, regardless of whether or where arrest or conviction occurs, including but not limited to: manufacturing, delivering, or possessing a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia; engaging in or threatening violence; possessing a weapon prohibited by law; discharging a firearm in the apartment community; or, except when allowed by law, displaying or possessing a gun, knife, or other weapon in the common area, or in a way that may alarm others"I'm no lawyer but the person who wrote this lease is a lawyer, "regardless of whether or where arrest or conviction occurs" leads me to believe that suspicion of illegal activity is enough.

Everyone in the audience was far to enthusiastic, I began to wonder how many of us were actually being pitched to and how many were planted in the audience to make the rest of us feel like we were missing the boat.  30 minutes was enough.

You may be a little gun shy of value adds after losing money on one, but they can provide a good return when done correctly. 

I'm a young gun looking to get my feet wet in that sector of REI.