It is for your sole benefit that I harp on it to the degree that I do, as it burns me to no end to see trusting people get ripped off and not even know it!

Dangle a Big FAT Carrot...

Realtors do have expenses and drive people around burning gas.

nationwide the average success rate on mailer advertisements (all industries, not just real estate) is about .4%. or 4 in 1000 mailers sent. for phone call contact it is closer to 4%, and for face to face, it's much higher.good luck, don't get burned out, just keep in mind the more attempts you make, the better your odds get of getting through to a potential success!!

So, before you let that money burn a hole in your pocket, and end in someone else's pockets, you should hang out on this (and other) REI sites and LEARN ALL YOU CAN.Take a hard look at your financial situation.

Then when they didn't go out and buy any properties and didn't make any offers they felt they were burned.

I would like to get started with a du/tri/fourplex in the centeral CA area (fat chance I know), but could deal with any such dwelling anywhere from WA and TX, and possibly select north-eastern states.

So with that said, you are quickly going to burn bridges with your favorite mortgage buy/gal.

Can't stand ebay, I have been burned on virtually every purchase through the platform. 

It seems that this would burn money that could be put elsewhere.