Usually the GC will have suppliers or vendors they can coordinate with for the best deals.

Also, build relationships with local suppliers to negotiate bulk rates, and stay hands-on during rehabs to gain valuable experience.

On the income side there are numerous things you could do to improve revenue but they are not listed.  

Of course, your opinion is just as valid as mine, and if it works for you, that's all well and good.True, you definitely do NOT want to give up a 3% loan....BUT there are numerous CREATIVE ways to build net worth FASTER than hold and reinvest cash flow.  

I've recently saved enough resources to purchase my first business, which I'm considering to be a gas station.I've done many of my own calculations, and have looked at numerous listings on many different sites.

There are numerous tenants rights organizations in Baltimore looming for exactly this and other issues.

On the other hand, I have bought numerous properties from absentee owners that paid cash for their investment property here.

I've sent him numerous emails specifying what I want and I now have a bunch of unanswered texts asking about what's going on. 

Many people are overpaid and other underpaid in the economy.But I do agree that there are numerous bad agents out there.

I concur 100% that it is an underutilized resource with it numerous benefits compared to, “civilian, conventional loans.”