Partner with those whose strengths offset your own areas of weakness and vice versa.You sound like a sharp guy so Im sure that once you think thru the possibilities and upside of partnering on some flips and holding the cream of the crop, lights will go off.

We tend to attract the cream of the crop and we take good care of both the tenants and the buildings.  

A recession doesn't guarantee real estate price drops...see the chart I posted, it contains actual facts...This guy is going to get creamed flipping houses if we are near the peak, it's risky AF.

I would probably have to leave the business in order to do this deal because agents would get creamed by any consumer who later decided they had got a "bad deal".

And during the marketing process I get a ton of interest which means I can pick the cream of the crop.* Rigorously screen prospective tenants.

Since he provide the financing, he wanted the cream of the target market.

. ;-)You are both right it has been proven (Source is unimportant) that Yellow letters are most effective when received +/- 24hrs of a Crescent moon and Postcards when +/- 24hrs of the Full moon.In an instance of a Blue Moon you want to make sure that is when your "Bulky" mail in a handwritten invitation envelope (Some debate over "Cream" or "Ivory") should hit.

(like I'm driving away eating all that before the ice cream melts!)  

I struck gold on my first shot, His answer was there is a house, it really isn't really run down but it has been vacant for well over a year in the next block, it is the  cream colored one in the middle of the block.

That's actually a good thing, as the ones who do get past step one are probably the cream of the crop