I've been looking for a forum to nurture my investing side and a place to share my limited knowledge...I really hope (think) I have found it.I will share a cliff notes version of my short real-estate resume.

I've been reading day and night on the forums for weeks and there is such a wealth of information and such good advice, I was so surprised to find a place with so many helping hands nurturing new investors really A great place, anyway hello everyone I look forward to meeting

The money should always be nurtured and available before the deal flow opportunity presents itself unless you can get an unusually good buy-side contract

Nurture the relationship.

However, if I'm one in a million agents and I know they are going to just use some other guy because his commission is less, etc then that's a relationship I don't want to nurture.

You're shooting yourself in the foot by not nurturing the relationship.

How's this: 800 calls  = 20 contacts = 5 nurtures = 1 listing appointment. 

Then you can in turn utilize that 'USP' to market to 'potential buyers' that they should work with your 'credit repair specialist' (and mortgage lender/s) and 'nurture' that 'lead' into a 'trust and rapport' client who refers you to everyone else within their sphere, and perhaps FAR beyond it???

You nurture the relationship by offering value to your potential partners.

That's my second biggest pet peeve, which is spending precious time nurturing someone on a deal and for them to come back and say its not for them.