.: It sounds like you have a great system down, and I am sure that you can find some handymen that are in the area doing part-time work and then working at a day job that could be pushed into full-time work on your properties.

New listing typically get artificially pushed to the top for a short period of time.

Most really successful people keep pushing forward because they are either competitive/driven.  

Out of bed before 5 am - (I had a separate habitat for starting the day right but then slowly started pushing my time of getting up back2. 

I had declared them trespassed verbally on the spot, loudly, proclaiming they were no longer allowed on the property, that I was the owner and this property was mine and I would not be pushed around or intimidated. 

Getting it under market value would be a bonus.So, would using an FHA 203k renovation loan, which would allow me to buy something unqualified for a standard mortgage, which would weed out a lot of competition and push the price lower.

Don't be a push over.I hope you are able to work it out!

One good idea he does push is the Debt Snowball (not sure where it originated.

Rising cap rates are mostly tied to higher interest rates—when borrowing gets more expensive, investors expect better returns, which pushes cap rates up.

In todays environment some syndicators might be pushing out into more B- to C areas to find properties in overheated markets so the risk/reward ratio might not be as good as in the past.Not talking about Brian's deals just in generalities.