The most fruitful networking event I have been to is the Real Estate Roundtable series put on locally by my university.  

Let someone else work for free and you purchase the fruit of their labor.- Risk: large projects often over run. 

Otherwise its not worth the risk, or there isn't enough juice.

James doesn't deserve 'member of the week' He doesn't shower for weeks on end, his teeth is about to fall out I hear he has an obsession for soaking his feet in strawberry juice for at least an hour a day.

@Logan Sherwood you need some juice. 

There are other ways to handle this too, but I suspect I gave you enough ideas to get your juices to boil.

Already mentioned but worthy of repeating, are mortgage brokers that specialize in jumbo investments---jumbo buyers tend to investigate & explore lending options before entering the market/engaging the services of a realtor and this could prove to be a fruitful source of buyers.

Great pays are only done by your own fruits of labor.

Being that I have invested in Numerous Speculative Endeavors which are bearing fruit I just want it to be known that I don't care for negativity, just positive results.

This probably is why the family is selling with the tenant still in there.You have to look at TIME to close this deal and the RETURN and see if more sweeter low hanging fruit is available elsewhere.