Those sellers are getting pounded with direct mail & calls every week sooo as long as you follow up & they remember you specifically you should be good.  

You're also wasting your time performing tasks which are unneeded and unwanted, such as attending the inspection and preparing an appraisal packet to be delivered at the appraisal inspection.- Any info to be provided to the Appraiser MUST be provided when the Appraiser first makes contact.

I prefer to deal directly with the (LA), the one who pounds the sign in the ground so to speak.

Read books from Bigger Pockets authors, podcasts, independent research, talking to other investors, and pounding the pavement.

You may consider taking them to small claims just to get your pound of flesh.

A lot of investors are penny wise, pound foolish.

I don't feel bad about annoying a handful of people with unwanted phone calls in order to help my city, my neighbors, the property owners, and myself economically and financially. 

Crypto has been taking a pounding 

.) -- failing to hire a property manager in an effort to save some $$$ when you're not local AND you're not intimately familiar with the market is almost always a penny-wise, pound-foolish move.

I'm old and retired at 65% RE, 20% cash and the rest is IRA's, a few stocks, some dividend paying funds, and I almost forgot; 11 pounds of silver we use as a door stop!