I am waiting for the records company to call me back with information on the area and get the crime rate and any other statistics.

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I would start posting the one that generates leads more than the one that doesn't.Guess what, NAR statistics say that upwards of 85% of buyers will stick with the 1st buyers agent they work with.

Statistically speaking how many of us hold a property for 30 years and pay the minimum payment for all thirty years?

Based purely on statistics, it's most likely he won't...Between Aaron and Bill above, that should about cover it...

Statistics show it's more costly and many more investors know it than will defend that it's not.

You know, given that the typical person only gets married once or twice in their lives, statistically this is probably pretty good advice!

His relationship of gambling and investing is an old one, but in economic, financial, statistical or let's say from a scientifc business basis, the statement is not a true.

Sure not a problem.I assumed by MLS most of those properties are bank owned.A large percentage in our MLS's at low price points are pre-foreclosure or bank owned.He would almost be better calling banks and trying to put together a bulk portfolio sale.The reason these asset managers put in these types of requirements with earnest money and non-assignment clauses is they have been burned many times before.An investor buying some course is trying to purchase their first property where as some banks sell tens of thousands of properties a year.They know statistically the type of deal you are trying has a low closing ratio.So they put high earnest money controls and other items in there to weed out these types of purchasers who aren't really purchasers and are just trying to collect a fee.Now don't get me wrong I am not putting down someone trying to do this.On this board if anyone offers advice from experienceand people are trying these long shot strategies and you tell them the reality they get upset.It's easier for these guru's to sell you a course and tell you how EASY it is and collect a check then to go out and do the HARD strategy they are selling.Most people don't have 10,000 or 20,000 to buy a first property but have 500 to 1,000 to buy a course and then maybe another 1,000 laying around.The guru's know this and price accordingly.The hardest part is getting the initial money but once you have that you can start compounding fast.

What can I say.I took a business statistics class in college, and one of the only thing I remember from it was my professor saying that they compared the average returns of some of the most brilliant stock analysts and a monkey throwing darts at stock listings from a newspaper spread across a wall.