But as i mentioned, if you are patient and ready to pull the trigger there are deals out there that will come your way.

I just listened today and my head is still spinning a bit from all the questions I'm supposed to ask myself and ways to go about it.I haven't pulled the trigger on getting a Pro membership yet but that could be an option for you to access the new BP Insights data.

This checks the boxes for passive income, but since many of the properties are leveraged (up to 75%), does this trigger UBTI? 

Having your finances ready to pull the trigger at a moments notice is half the game.  

I've been doing lots of reading/researching/listening and am finally about to pull the trigger on my first property!

Our escalation clauses (northwest WA) specify that when you win over a competing offer using an escalation (I think it's the same as your continuation) clause, the competing offer has to be a) in writing and b) provided in full to your agent, to make sure escalation clauses don't get triggered by bogus/inapplicable offers.You could tell them to get the other offer in writing and to send it to your agent, and if so you will send an offer with an adjusted price to compensate for the higher net-to-seller from the unrepresented buyer's offer.

They come in all guns blazing, maybe get started on their 'team' then fizzle and never pull the trigger.  

I am planning to move into the Baltimore area ASAP (Pending employment) and am looking to pull the trigger into Real Estate investing.

I've absolutely seen that some lenders can do that, and FHA guidelines allow it too which makes it even better, but pulling the trigger on the property would still be very difficult for me right now due to credit issues—if I had even 2 more months I'd be singing a different song, but alas. 

Going to pull the trigger on my first property.