I was talking to a friend of mine to milk ideas from people that aren't in real estate. long story short the idea of standing out from the other investors came up.

Its just spilled milk now...

Now that you have, it's not worth crying over spilt milk.

Or that they milk the cows and pasteurize the milk of the cows who produce the milk for their cereal?

Grew up on powered milk and government cheese.With $80k you can eaisly buy a 5-10 unit.  

They were Upwardly mobile tech workers and didn’t need to milk the system:) So the “offers” expired.

Money Mustache and Early Retirement Extreme. 

Granted rents are pricey around these parts, Also look at some Mr Money Mustache posts and Fire podcasts for cost savings ideas and to get into the mindset. 2) From what lenders have told me with FHA Loans, you can receive a credit up to 6% of sales price, which if negotiated, you can likey  take care of the closing costs (and maybe prepaids??). 

Instead, he strung you along, milking you for everything you were worth.I could look at your profile pic here and tell you this was a bad idea.

That avoids someone moving in a week before the month ends, paying you one weeks rent, then milking a three month eviction process.