Dumb, maybe, but architecture and design are in my blood and like you mentioned, to some of us there is more to it than ROI.

The competition is huge so his deals are thinner.  

Don't spell out to the public that you are a newbie, you attract all the sharks with your blood in the water.

We maxed out our local inventory of good deals when we were buying 1-2 properties a month so started buying thinner deals instead of moving into a bigger market.  

As the market tightens, finding replacement property will become increasingly difficult as more capital is chasing thinner inventory.

Yes, the driver is under arrest pending final blood work.  

Finally, he wants to be paid in cash (but that’s not going to happen…he will receive a 1099 as an independent contractor whether he likes it or not).He provides no upfront capital or risk, I provide all the training, in place systems, financial and intellectual capital, contacts, legal entities, and accounting to make this business work…It has taken me about a year of blood sweat and tears to finally get it rocking at a good flow.

My text box is equally full and I get the message below:It was just crazy, my wife woke me up at about 1:30 this morning because of all the screaming and yelling I got up the girl was outside covered in blood and they wouldn't let the cops in so they left about 30 minutes later, we were going back to bed after they left and that's when Vaugn was trying to come in thru the bedroom window saying he was gonna shoot us so I warned him that if he came threw the window I was going to shoot him to stay out, the sons bailed and the police could not find them but the girl was there , I don't understand why Vaun is freaking out but his son came and talk to Steph and I around 9:00 and told us he hadn't slept in days and was freaking out,,, the cop that took the reports told us he was being airlifted to hospital because his eye was hanging out of the socket from getting beat by his sons and that his ribs had been broken...

I've been in the game for years and am an Investor, Realtor, Property Manager, and Contractor wrapped up into one crazy ginger-blooded dude.

While working a full time job and sleeping 4 hours a day I was at my house managing and putting in a lot of blood, sweat and tears.