Would I rather invest in what I know and accept the restrictions of being arms length, or would I rather send that money to Wall Street and cross my fingers?

On to the next one..fingers crossed! 

Fingers composed that the closing goes through okay.

The problem was to find a pay phone that worked and hoped you had change to make the callToday Eboine, it is so much easier to make this business work, all those tools I did not have you have at your finger tips, you can search the net, print mailing labels, go to Craig's List, Bigger Pockets, find housing code violations, court filings, run internet ads and much more.I suggest that as a new investor, use these great tools, work them every day, create contract offers, look at real estate, build a mailing list and most important MAKE OFFERS ALL THE TIME!

Off to close next week, fingers crossed!

Not sure if this specific one will manifest with your buyer but cross fingers :)Matthew, I've been looking at other markets and some of them were "too hot" like Columbus OH where the inventory is really low and everything is multiple offers.

This goes on for what feels like an eternity and then one day they may smile, or grab your finger and it seems all worth.

If I wanted to work for free (or monetary break-even) and cross my fingers on the house sale being profitable in order for me to get make a profit, I have WAY, WAY better ways to do that.

But not to worry, I would call the police now and they would be out to make a report, gather finger prints and such.

* here are the numbers...Sorry, big fingers, little phone...