What starts out crazy, ends crazier...Got a whole lot of folks (they're not buyers) hovering over your property on a wing and prayer that they don't have to close. 

Be that as it may, with this approach, you will have to provide some value for your folks even to consider this.

I'm sure there are great, stable areas in Columbus but I'm not convinced the appreciation has been as strong as most would lead you to believe.I don't know much about Cincinnati, but one glance at the median list price over the past 5 years (attached below) would be enough for me to write it off as not appreciating.I'm personally partial to Detroit and that's where I invest and do a lot of business with other folks as well.

I certainly can see how this all happened though Guru's charging folks how to be a synidcator so lots of beginners.. then of course competing offerings and knowing how investor gravitate to the highest returns without really understanding the risks etc.

There are lots of folks Bigger Pockets who feel they have to carry a gun to show vacant units.  

As for the point before you're first-- yes most folks think it's institution driving up these prices.

I guess when you speak of skip tracing folks you just mean seeing if you find a contact to actually speak.

Once it’s set up, though, payments tend to come like clockwork, which is one of the biggest perks.That said, it's important to remember that rent isn’t necessarily guaranteed forever like a lot of folks assume.

I don't disagree that it is a good tool for someone just starting.Now, should folks be using such tools in the first place?

Just asking as most folks seem to think "giving it back to the lender" is always an option.