None were accepted yet, so learned a ton and happy to walk away from a few deals that weren't going to give me the return I wanted, or had big issues (e.g. septic - I decided to stay away from septic if at all possible)*Taking the time to encourage a friend who knows nothing at all about REI to take his first steps.

If you walk streets and drive 8 hours a day to net average of 1 deal per quarter @$10K assignment fee, then you are essentially working for free or for very very low compensation.

You want to make sure you know what you are walking into.

Make sure the down payment is high enough to make sure the buyer/operator think's twice maybe 3 times about walking away.  

I guess it always seems like they don't want to make low offers on my behalf or after you walk a few homes that don't work out they check out. 🤷  

Kindof making me think I should walk, buyprice too high.This is my first time buying a portfolio, I have not been able to view the active units as thoroughly as I have vetted all my other deals.

Most places I'm aware of don't allow you to have the only access to one bedroom be from walking through another bedroom, so will you need to add a hallway to provide access around an existing bedroom?

Also, can you walk me thru the emd I place & exactly when with the motivated seller if the cash buyer has a different title company for my EMD in mind? 

Besides the obvious that it is a path for some people to escape out of the lower than average socio-economic situation, the training, team building, and exposure to people from many walks of life is probably the greatest benefit that is hard to find elsewhere.

There are three main requirements for REPS: 1) 750 hour rule 2) Greater than half of professional time rule3) Material participationHere’s a great article that walks through the necessities for your spouse to obtain REPS status.Do you have questions on the ways to benefit from a cost segregation study without personally obtaining REPS status?