What’s working for you in this market?

We'll see how this goes.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

While I personally have never done this, I would be cautious about spending too much unless you have some verifiable references to the program.

@Charlotte Wilson please understand this about the "1% Rule" - it's ONLY a tool!

What I'm hoping for is an Excel or spreadsheet template that allows me to play around with these variables and, most importantly, calculates the IRR and TIR for each scenario.Does anyone have a board or Excel sheet they use for this kind of investment simulation?

I'm going to see something on-market that is fairly distressed later this week and will probably make an offer at a price that works for me.  

When you're on the call it goes something like "Hi is this (Buyer's name)?

that being said a good number of the investors that i worked with last year used this to get the down payment.Your investing market is the most important first step. 

Most Realtors are not even very good at this to be honest...