I like the idea from the agent's point of view, not because of a low price point, but the footwork involved. 

If you had no money and bad credit, but had the knowledge of real estate to manage a property and we’re looking for an investor to put up the money while you did all the footwork.

If you had no money and bad credit, but had the knowledge of real estate to manage a property and we’re looking for an investor to put up the money while you did all the footwork.

Once I receive an application, I start doing my footwork to check references, drive by current residence, etc.I don't take application fee until I'm 99 percent sure I will rent to them.This may seem a bit convoluted, but it works for me.

Of course I'll be doing quite a bit more footwork myself having that many more individual tenants. 

HUGE shout out to a pretty BA agent @Collin Doss for putting up with my million newbie questions and doing most of the foot work!

An online company named civic source usually does the bids online but I did all of the foot work myself for my first one.

Just some foot work and research and I'm sure if the deal is a good one most investors would consider it.

It is much more difficult to do in this market, requiring many hours of research and foot work.

Do you do a reverse 1031, or some fancy footwork to lock up a great deal on the replacement with an option (maybe coupled with a master lease), or you just let it roll and figure even if you buy the replacement property at retail you still did well by saving all those cap gains taxes?