We try our best to follow the golden rule with how we treat our tenants.

If the property looks good, then you are golden.

NORE: THIS IS A GOLDEN NUGGET!

Just hang out here and you will be golden.

Now when these homes are paid off I am golden but while they are just cash flowing it won't put where I want to be and it won’t provide the lifestyle I would like to provide for my family.

The "secret sauce" is to memorize this sequence of numbers, 1073741824, and follow the 2 Golden Rules of Real Estate Investing:Golden Rule #1:  Never, under any circumstances, or rationalization, ever...spend your cash. 

As long as the lender has no reason to believe that your employment will discontinue within the near future, you're golden!!!

If you find a good tenant, then you're golden.

If I was one of the owners in a tight spot looking to sell, I would probably call the number on several postcards and go with the best offer if I'm not able to sell through MLS.I can see how investors contacting property owners with offers to redeem the certificate and buy the property might upset the certificate holder a bit, after all the golden goose is getting the property not the % return on $ and redeeming the certificate puts them out of the equation, but I do believe it's the better scenario for the property owners. 

Where so many wholesalers falter is thinking they are they golden goose because they find deals for a living.