But before starting my DMM campaign I reached out to a couple of investors that I have started building a relationship with and asked if I came upon a deal that I can't make work if they would be interested in taking a look at it to see if it meets their needs.  

I would suggest to take it slow at first, get comfortable and your feet under you before getting ultra aggressive in taking on larger and larger risk.

If you want a script, just PM me and I can send you my seller intake form.Again, I can't mention it enough to just start.

I am interested in taking this 3-Day course and I am doing my due diligence.

I am not a big believer in "taking action" when you' re not yet versed in what you're doing.

Those that always give the "learn by doing" "jump in take action" advice to newbies are 1. being disrespectful toward the real estate industry.

Never factoring in for problems with maintenance or vacancy issues, buying too many homes in too short of a period without letting any problems work themselves out before buying more. (20 homes in a year and a half, then another 15 over the next 2 years)I was undercapitalized on my acquisitions and thought that buying more properties and letting the cashflow from the other rentals offset any cash infusions I might need.Lastly trying to have a cheap business model (Cheap vendors, cheap properties, cheap everything) not the best way to operate because all I attracted were other cheap minded people only interested in taking my money and not having a common goal.

I would not be interested in taking on loans in this economy right now but that is just me.

IF you keep them @ a much higher rate, in my experience they'll complain about EVERYTHING because in their minds they are now paying sooo much more so you should make the unit way much nicer.On that note, I also tell my new tenants as a property manager that the new owners are definitely interested in taking care of the property (I don't work with them otherwise), and to please notify me of any issues in their unit in that first walk-through/introduction.

Good luck on your search and good job in taking the time to find out who's who.