He shrugged his shoulders and said “I don’t know”.

It's lifted a weight off my shoulders that was holding me back and I hope it can do the same for you. 

Loan officers (good ones at least) should offer you some creative ways to get started investing early (low down payment options, cosigning etc.).For picking/finding a deal, the majority of the responsibility is going to fall on your shoulders.

We do not allow the tenant to follow us around looking over our shoulder the whole time.

A broker should be able to facilitate the process, and take some of the weight off your shoulders.

You simply stand still in a relaxed position with arms down ,legs about shoulder wide and allow dozens of strangers for a line .have them run up and kick you in the gonads repeatedly over and over ....

Thanks for letting me stand on the shoulders of giants! 

-A good contractor(s) are invaluable-A relationship with a local lender pays dividends-Make mistakes the sooner the better-Never know who you're going to rub shoulders with, stay on your A gameHere's a few pics:

I think this mostly falls on the shoulders of unrealistic seller expectations.

During peak it is easy with my PM buying all supplies ect.. but off season and shoulders we use it every other weekend, we are most of the time using the supplies and the off season guests, Cleaning, toiletries, coffee, etc..