It's easier to batch the calls than convince yourself to make one call each day, so dedicate a time slot to get it all done with real conversation rather than becoming just another applicant. 

My advice, is in the beginning purchase in your personal name as you will get the best financing terms and once you get close to running out of slots, then buying in the name of an LLC can help continue your growth and by then you have a good track record as well.Happy hunting,Eric

If it is an elongated type (vs. symmetrical) chances are good that if you remove that plate you will find a large slotted head that is a shutoff for each side of the fixture.

Not to mention, not so much investors, but homeowners are so damn indecisive they take up a slot on my shcedule for 2 weeks and cancel the day before when I COULDA been working making money elsewhere, quite often.

Yesterday I read that they will break ground on a 200-300 unit high end apartment complex in GVR, and Vegas is slotted for 3000 apartment units to be built in 2014.

Joe Smith investor would rather get 15% total return YoY in a SFR than 2-6% in the slots market)As others stated above, you may need to differentiate your market or method of sourcing deals.

Why buy a fourplex, when just slotting yourself into 5+ units drops the cost per square foot by at least $100?  

But if I were you instead of trying to "go it alone" in any part of REI if you are new, find an REI club like @Nathan suggested and find someone to Mentor youe en if you arrange a small fee for a regular time slot to watch them work, an agent, an investor, whoever -- any successful person who's done successful deals and can train you how to think/look, how to select which *type* of REI might be right for you even.

Once you fill those slots up, your can still use bank money using commercial loans.  

So if they tell you to file you have to file.Settling out of court though I don't believe is in his best interest unless the tenant is out, the money due is paid and the place has been checked for damages and the remaining deposit is slotted and ready in a check.