I'm not seeking to buy at the moment so I am using this time to practice.

Renegotiated the notes to 7% interest.  6 months later the tenant in the rear building, a music school and event center moved out and I sold the building to a business needing warehouse space for $1,075,000 and paid off the note with $50,000 left over of which my 60% was $30,000.  

Peter;A quick funny story I once heard - I don't know if it's true or not, but I thought it was amusing nonetheless.

In Wake county NC, I am using a local (3 county) bank that is willing to group in batches like you allude to.

I find the contacting the attorney suggestions here kind of amusing.

You need to be hyper focused on communicating with the people you hireOverall I have had good luck with the contractor I am using.

I think, being young, I am used to seeing low valuations because of how quickly the market has gone up in the last few years. 

Will home prices fall sufficiently in the next 18 months so that I am better offer renting than I am using it to purchase equity in a property?

Right now I am using Excel. 

It's always amusing to see my own inventory show up a few days later after I've sent it out to my buyers list as a daisy chain deal.I try not to buy from anyone that is not direct to the seller and/or has direct ownership of the property.