Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

The Personal Mentoring program is geared to the folks desiring to be deal sponsors - a sponsor's job is to find a property and collect passives as potential investors.   

My strategy as an investor has changed over the years, today I look at real estate more like a collection of properties and less through the cash flow lens.

Most S8 tenants have a history of bad decisions, often having convictions, evictions, bankruptcies, chargeoffs, collections, garnishments, etc.

However, in any civil judgement, collecting is a different story. 

Start collecting contact cards and fill that phone with everything from plumbers and painters to bankers and lawyers. sorry this is so long and drawn out.

I come to you hat-in-hand, looking for the collective expertise I've come to enjoy here. 

I actually have done a lot of research on this because I love 1980s and 1990s arcade games and plan to collect my favorite 7-8 games eventually.

Then you state how that will be collected.

I don't even think its worth a sub-toSounds like you spoke to collections (who will tell you anything to get money) and not loss mitigation, as paying back due balances are NEVER part of a short sale.