Show the investor your skills that make you the right guy to partner up with, and explain to him why you're the right guy for the job.

They can sharpen skills you already have, or expose you to things you've never even thought of.

What they did have though was a great deal of skill at knocking on doors and getting people to sell..

I didn't fully appreciate all the micro-skills required to buy rental properties, when I first started.

If a lot of work is needed, itemized costs will add up fast, and depending on how well-versed/skilled your GC is, your deal could be killed if something is missed. 

What's your flipping skill set?

Most of which, increase the need for a skilled broker that can comprehend and resolve new market factors. 

You are not paying us for time you are paying us for skill set.

I'll start with the Axios interview I gave back in December and was published in January  Case and point, the low skilled Agents will be pushed out as there is now less low hanging fruit out there for them.The Elite Agents who have been superior to the low skilled Agents in everyway except for the willingness to work for a low wage, will no longer have to compete with 1,000's of low skilled Agents offering their services for a much lower price than the Elite Agents.Fewer low wage Agents means all that money rolls right back up to Daddy.

And those who do end up learning marketable skills generally leave, eventually, for Bakersfield, Lancaster, Palmdale, L.A., etc.