I agree with your thesis...deal flow IS real estate investing.Baseball is good training for REI...takes discipline and persistence after adversity. 

Persistent late payments, credit accounts in collections, etc are what shows me they are not suitable applicants.

The things we resist will persist. 

How can anyone predict your organizational skills, discipline, persistence, etc.?

Real estate truly is a marathon, and your story reinforces the importance of persistence and discipline.

From there it's simply showing up, consistently, persistently, and no matter how feel showing up and putting in the work with intensity like youre there to get things done. 

This will continue to push up the prices.Sales - Months of SupplySales - Median $/SF by MonthDespite persistently high interest rates, the $/SF continued to climb, up 10% Year over Year.Why invest in Las Vegas?

So at this point I started being much more persistent about asking for updates and I did start to get some from Scott's assistant.

Keep exploring different avenues and stay persistent; I'm confident the right opportunity will come along.

This pattern has persisted through the early 21st century, with the 2007-09 Great Recession and the 2020 Covid recession being exceptions because the former featured a financial-sector crisis and the latter a global pandemic.