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More investors lose it all by trying to be too sophisticated with basic principles like this.Your return will come from buying good deals over and over again. 

But it will be too late for him, if he's sophisticated with an attorney, to get his attorney to go to court for a temporary restraining order to stop you. 

I'm one of those that doesn't charge for the initial meeting but, as Steven and Michael both mentioned, the initial meeting is just to see if we're a good fit.The first thing I ask is "tell me what you've got going on" and then I let them free form for a while.This tells me how organized they are, how sophisticated they are, etc. 

Make a game out of finding distressed properties( roof is ragged, weeds are tall, tenants cars on blocks) once we find 25, we stop driving and start digging.Then we start sending letters...not sophisticated, but it is great practice I think.

Unfortunately, my current pro forma isn't that sophisticated. 

I’ve found that most maine properties are owned by mom and pops who aren’t typically “sophisticated” investors.

It took me a few months to realize that this is my goal and to dial in, to the best of my abilities, a path toward it.It's funny -- the commenters on this thread don't seem to realize that you're a very sophisticated investor.

Through experience, their investment strategies became more sophisticated and diversified.

We have been raising private money for a while and have done so mostly with sophisticated (and some accredited) investors.