I am using the apps and starting to look in my area for properties.

The appraisals are a major source of amusement.  

I am using 3 party sites and i am getting alot of mail returned back to me

I’m involved in an opportunity zone fund, active syndicating mid-sized deals and am using the combination of cost segregation/bonus depreciation/ re professional designation to significantly reduce my tax liability.

I am using google voice on my iPhone and will answer calls when I can..

@Orlandosince you are in Korea you should come to the Seoul REI meetup.we have active military members who are also investors.i can't  tag them since I am using my phone now but they are some pretty great people.we meet monthly to talk about real estate.

William there are two ways you can help this seller using leases and optionsYou have to ask yourself whether not the property is going to appreciate overtimeIf you feel it's not going to appreciate, you need to get a price below the market today on your option with the seller,  if you going to do a sandwich lease option and stay in the middleIf you going to do a lease option assignment where you lease with an option from the seller and assign thevdeal to a buyer for fee, it  doesn't matter what the price is as long as the price is today's value or lessWhen I talk to sellers I don't talk about lease is an option, I first go through three columns landscape in a yellow legal pad,  and show them the basics of the choices: 1) sell with an agent and pay the customary costs include sellers concessions, agents commissions, closing costs, vacant house holding costs, etc.The first column it's important to go through an example of their house value; what ever  the fair market value is, do that exercise so that the seller truly understands he's going to net a lot less money selling agent than ur solution2) Second solution entails leasing out with the property manager, and you go through the cost to lease it out and also the cost to repair and sometimes property managers tack on other costs like padding maintenance costsThen I talk about the risks involved with leasing it to an unproven tenant, and then having to evict the tenant, lost rent for 6 to 8 weeks, clean the house, remarket and screen the new tenant, etc.Before I go through my solution, I say a "what if statement" that is something like this:Before I say the "what if statement" it's important you understand that I am using "negative phrasing" here, and ""appeal to a higher authority" which works a lot in terms deals like lease options, sub 2, and wrap purchasesHere goes.."

Perhaps I'll readdress that in the future, but I am using their rents to pay for other turnarounds right now. 

@Rudy D.The bank I am using said they would do the finance either way.  

More often than not, I'm amused by the new investor operators digging into potential cash flow, crunching numbers for days or building up expectations.