I am pretty sure I have been called the "lazy agent" on more than one occasion.

On a very rare occasion, he/she might, but I guarantee the best deals are going to be closed by that agent.

Now, on occasion, I do pass along a deal to my preferred buyers with a little more juice.

I am not a wholesaler by trade, but on occasion, do offer deals that are too far away for me or if I have too many at one time.Thanks for your comments and question.

Just stop telling yourself you can't and start reminding yourself you already are.Do you know what your reward is for being a sincere, honest guy, that listens, cares and takes one for the team on occasion?

On one occasion with a Florida lender, they shopped my request out and that placed 3 inquiries from those lenders plus the original.

Keep in mind that many first-time homebuyers in this market are FHA buyers, so you might run into this rule on many occasions.

[As a side, on occasion I have seller/private financing which would help you, but it comes and goes.]Overall, your plan looks good but you may need to reassess your down-payment requirement based on whatever financing you maybe able to find.Also, you shouldn't count on the equity from property #1 as part of your down-payment funds since you will not likely be able to pull that equity out in the form of cash without a refinance loan (again, difficult to do, especially without at least 30% equity in the property.)I hope all this doesn't sounds too negative, but I just want you to know what your dealing with.Please stay in touch!

My wife is happy when we can go to dinner and discuss something other than RE on occasion:)Shawn

At any rate, I think my longer term plan would be to sell the property and buy something closer to home so that you can put eyes on your property or at least hire a property manager type to go take a peek at your property on occasion.