If a deal aligns with your strategy and financial objectives, then it could be a great opportunity regardless of the motivations of the realtor involved.As for advice for a beginner, it sounds like you're already taking proactive steps by planning a trip to scope out neighborhoods and define your buy box area.

Being in the company of those who are taking action can provide valuable insights and motivation to propel me forward in my real estate journey.Thanks again for your input it's helpful to hear from someone with firsthand experience in the industry.

Texts at all hours to change it followed). etc. the amount of rent being paid to Cover all those seperate up keeps isn’t worth it.  

Read and study Principles of Real Estate Practice: 6th Edition by Stephen Mettling (Author), David Cusic (AuthorOr a similar text.  

The Flip Coach program has the A to Z of information, but more importantly Ryan really motivated me and made sure I understood the actionable steps I needed to take.

Check out David Meyers book Start with Strategy as a more updated text.

It motivates me to buy. 5.

I've filed the eviction, they've been served with the paperwork, and now all that's left is for me to wait for the next steps and hope I filled everything out right (Denver county's process is making my head spin, and I'm having to do this without a lawyer because of cost) while in the meantime my tenant is otherwise just ignoring all my texts and notices and also (it feels like) acting like nothing has changed, still having people over for dinner, still walking in and out of my front door like no problem...leading up to this point I've had multiple informal conversations with this person about the toll their unpredictable behavior around payments has had on me.  

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If the numbers work, I call or text the listing agent to go look.