And by "riding shotgun", he meant, literally, riding along with a fully loaded shotgun in hand.

One of their tried and true suggestions is "Driving for Dollars" where you literally drive around looking for deals.

If my property prices fall 20% I quite literally don't care.

hole I’m the tub, like a literal hole that someone dropped a brick on?

I moved out (and 3 states away) literally days after it funded. 

I am not overly-handy (I never owned tools until I bought a duplex) - so far I've done basic electric (installing an outlet, adding a junction box, putting in receptacles, removing breakers, fixing a 3 way switch -- all things an electrician wouldn't touch -- or would charge a couple hundred bucks to do, cost me about 7 dollars - literally), replaced an exterior door, removed rotten siding and put up new siding along with replacing the plywood behind it, re-built the rotten framing of a garage wall, installed a ceiling fan, and just about a thousand other things along the way.

The issue becomes many jurisdictions literally make a judgement call on whether YOU can pull the permit, some many require you to hire a 3rd party if you want to fix stuff like what you're describing. 

In my opinion, your agent crossed the line(literally) by striking out a paragraph on a TAR lease. 

@Ryan Schumacher hey, I literally just did this.

I use a sensitivity analysis as well in my pro forma so I can tell how aggressive I can get or how bad can things get before I consider it a bad deal or lose money.Can't say I haven't lost out on deals just bc of speed... one time I couldn't get a hold of my partner for an hour to decide what entity to submit the offer or hold title in and when I call back the listing agent they had literally just taken another offer.