You can make a connection with a person through cold calling and that will help tremendously where if you just get their name and email from FB or another company, and then send them cookie cutter emails then your exactly the same as the other agents. 

Appears to be a well oiled machine in terms of the construction and sale process-cookie cutter 1200 sq ft properties.

If you spend very much time fooling with planning for tax breaks you may find that your time and energy that you need to do deals and MAKE money is used up fooling with a rigged system.

I agree with Brian that if these cookie cutter Brokers aren't doing anything Creative then probably have no idea who they are.

@Coty Dolan We have a buyer right now trying to close on a cookie cutter deal and his HM lender is requiring a little more skin in the game for him.

Of course, the other potential hiccup here is that if one member of your team misses a deadline or just falls down on the job, you're stuck trying to jerry-rig things back together at a distance (or paying for a last minute flight) in order to limit vacancy time. 

One particularly egregious one comes to mind:  Client had a condo in a complex of many condos of similar (pretty much cookie cutter - the same) size and style.  

Cookie cutter 3 beds 2 Bayh's were going for well under 100 K.   

Either by;  buy and flip or buy and hold properties. i am not looking to reap the rewards for at least 10 years.( i am 29 now). my location is in Bakersfield Ca. i currently work on a land based oil rig. i have a construction background and there is nothing i cant fix/build myself when it comes to rehabing a house. i am open to all sorts of ideas so i can then narrow down my path of action. in your guys experiences what would be my best bet. any advice / input would be greatly appreciated. i just dont want to get discouraged, go out and buy a boat or something and then regret not seizing this opportunity when i had the chance.

Plus, a huge bonus is if the seller is living in the complex and is way too close to these lower class tenants, due to him/her rigging things instead of replacing cap ex items.