if you have the wherewithal to scale and get 10 to 20 homes pretty quickly then that's a different kettle of fish.. 

I like to look at it as fishing vs. hunting. 

Okay, Experts, I drove down a street looking for a reservoir to fish in today.

So now ive now been through a parade for networking events where the host wants you to go wholesell for them, mingled through rooms full of people who are much bigger fish than me, or are offering hawkish deals to newbies. when i did find a good fit for me, the deal fell through several times and the other players found other deals.Looking for guidance from those who live or invest in the Houston,Tx areaThanks,MB

Tax law doesn't come easy.Taking the teach a man to fish, as opposed to give a man a fish approach

Off market deals are more like catching fish with your hands, and if you get your hands on one, it still requires a lot of work to uncover all the relevant information about the property and nurture the relationship with the owner - and after a few weeks you may find out the price is too high or they have chnaged their mind and are not selling after all.

Many people that go 'fishing' in real estate lose every penny they own because they lack RE education and insight. 

If someone told me that I would have 10 identical groups of applicants applying, and only one group of the bunch was bad, I would tell them to reject all 10 groups and keep fishing. 

Our vacation rental business and my fishing charter business.

I want mountains rivers lakes trout fishing  snow skiing all within a few hours.