Know that these must be factored into the strength of your overall offer however.

You need to play to your strengths and find a plan that fits into your life, not the other way around.

We'd need much more insight into the OP's life, life goals, skills, strengths and weaknesses, investment objectives and risk tolerances before providing a real good answer to this questions. 

In the pitch above, you will notice how I focused on our strength (experience, track record of success and never losing money even during the Great Recession) and then ask the question if they want to know more.If you don't have any experience or track record, partner with one who has the experience and track record.

What are your strengths?

My clients are a consistent source of business to those contractors so they respond quickly and do the job well knowing that their next job will most likely come from a seasoned investor of mine.As a buyer, you pay no commissions so add the bench strength and get a resource on your team who can carry a good portion of the heavy lifting.Hope this helps...

Depending on the strength of the buyer to perform, it may no longer be speculative at all.It's the example I gave when I taught RE to the college kids.

@Marvin Song Why are we not publicly outing this company, using the strength of the community to improve the situation and more importantly, save future investors the hardship of dealing with said company?

For instance, we are in Orange County, which has many different cities, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, all of which affect the neighborhood markets.

One of the strengths of our teams was their ability to fit out small to medium sized retail space.