Coming from a family of lawyers the ones in my experience that make less than that are usually just not that motivated or are not that good at what they do.  

Finding motivated sellers off market and making offers using creative finance strategy.

Hi, pre foreclosure in all of its permutations, before the bank sends Notice of Default (NOD) or efter which is state even county dependant but often starts a 4 week clock till the trustee auction are the 2nd most difficult deal scenario and IMHO only experienced investors should bother, the 1st most difficult deal scenario are bidding at the court house steps on lord only knows what is being auctioned off sometimes even 2nd mortgages, you need to do so much home work to attempt to reduce your risk at the court house steps...Pre foreclosure no one talks about these issues, always about the nice sounding stuff like "motivated seller" get a good deal etc etc both are usually not the case.- 95% of folks in pre or post NOD want to stay in their house, keep their house inspite of them 100% will loose the house at the auction. 

Unless you can influence the builders to return our deposits like you made us get into this deal with them as we trusted you, the matter has not moved an inch for folks like me.

Any luck on motivating realtors in the area to actually get operating expenses/lease agreements for Jackson County specifically George?

It can easily take 6+ months to find a motivated seller. - Just be prepared, because a motivated seller typically has a property with issues you need to be sure you can solve.

Because the sheer majority of truly motivated sellers do not like agents.They RUN!

I'd be interested in hearing from condo investors about why this real estate product makes sense even with the low COC returns and HOA fees that cannot be influenced?

Getting into trouble is more about intention, and motivation.

What changes did others incorporate into their leases that were influenced by this years tenant interactions?