If you fail and quit, then you go home with your tail between your legs. 

Are cash strategies, wholesaling, whole-tailing, flipping, slanging real estate (working as agent), or buy and hold C areas the best play in the given market?

Let me tell the short version of the tail....I bought a single family in Taunton in 2008 with the mindset of fixing it and upgrading 5 years later...

After the tail end of winter, when I take a break from this and go back in next winter.

Another thing to consider in a college town where most leases start in August is you will more than likely want to be completely finished or at least on the very tail end of your project by the time your tenant moves in. 

Probably why investors can't make heads or tails of pricing of other RE is due to the regulatory requirements as it has more to do with book value than the market value of the property.

When the get to the tail end of a project, builders take heroic measures to dump the remaining inventory.

The interest rates are very low (about 3%) we we're getting into REI first.Sounds like you're working your tail off for that down payment!

Don’t let the tail wag the dog :)For competing with other buyers, I’d try networking for off market deals, as there’s less competition off the mls

Listened to tons of podcasts and read a few books and I’m beginning to lose my damn mind. I’m hearing all these stories of people quitting their jobs, zero money down deals and people barely able to walk because they’...