Has about a 75% success rate and I have learned (and I hope given some good tips myself) to others that ive met up with due to that and people are always looking for future partners and to learn from one another.

I've had to explain it to prospective guests often enough that I've actually set up an automated message with pretty much this exact language @Nicole Heasley ; ) That's a great tip! 

If you have experience with long-term holds on the northside and are willing to look at a couple of the deals I've analyzed and share your insights, I'd be very grateful.In the meantime, I'm starting to think creatively about other strategies - looking for off market deals, pooling funds with friends, etc.

Some tips:1.

I’d be happy to share my experience and perspective on the current market and some tips on looking for multi family units.I’ll send you a dm and we can grab coffee soon

That need could outweigh their desire to protect your best interests.Not saying there investment here is a bad thing, per se, just raising this point so that this one element of the deal doesn’t tip the scale to you investing if you otherwise might not.

It seems to me they pool their money and buy a house for cash- thereby not dancing with the devil.

You deal with pool cleaners and house cleaners both not wanting to take responsibility to clean the pool deck.

I've done some research on tips to buying on the auction site and have looked into the property on the county site. 

If you also have tips and things to look out for, I'm all ears.