You can try to defend your ego all you want, but gang.. it doesn't matter what you do or say,  what I present to you is data.

The property required $62,000 in renovations, presenting a clear opportunity to add value.

The property required $38,500 in renovations, presenting a clear opportunity to add value.

If we were going to buy a property and put it “under contract”, and a better deal came along, rather than pass on one deal we might present it to a fellow investor and collect a fee from the investor in the process.  

Find someone who is full time and younger and they will be eager to help#2 Depending on your state all offers have to be presented on promulgated forms.

If you want to donate via venmo, then be my guest. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qCD_XIgmg-2BGGzsDbWq...2.

@Paul De Luca, I appreciate your feedback.

And I’ll let you in on my experience of 40 plus years in real estate, and having personally met many of he older time gurus; take away the slick presentation (prepared by a marketing firm in either Las Vegas, Nevada, or in Provo, Utah), the “glamour” shot appearance makeover, the unsubstantiated resume and personal history, and the buzz words and motivational bs, and what you’re left with is most times a salesman/marketer and NOT someone who has had much if any success investing in real property.   

The property required $40,000 in renovations, presenting a clear opportunity to add value.

Although inflation is still present, its effects are more muted than expected, affecting different areas of the economy unevenly.