I persisted and much to my surprise one day the door opened a crack and thus began a multi month journey through this man’s personal hell that eventually led to a $30,000 profit.He owned a local Jamaican bakery that was failing; his marriage was ending and his soon-to-be-ex moved out with their 5 year old daughter; and now he had lost his house.

And those people are the same people who fail because of user error.User error is thinking you are going to pay for a course and not do the work and that the money will appear.

If you have a reserve of $6,000 for one property, your annual cash flow could still be hit hard by a bad tenant, or the combination of a bad tenant and a failed furnace.I'm curious how you manage to spend 4-6 hours per day on real estate.

Nothing fails like success.

You are making a common mistake of failing to set a deadline.When I want a response from my tenant, I set a deadline and a consequence for failing to respond."

Granted the annual fail rate is already about 90%, it's easy enough to earn a couple bucks to keep the next crop of hopefuls coming in every year to replace last year's failures. 

Leave a message with the apartment complex and the collection agency and be clear and concise that they have incorectly damaged your credit and you will hold them liable for damages for a failed real estate transaction. 

If you are starting out investing in real estate, you will have a lot less chance of failing by keeping your eyes on your investment.

Many people have tried this ploy before to SPAM the site and have failed as you have.Please don't be manipulative.

But if you browse the forums, you will actually see many, many posts from California investors that bought a random property at a "low" price point... and then totally failed to meet their expectations.and to reiterate: if you buy something turnkey, you will not cashflow for several years.