His belief is that if you are remarkable then people will find you.

As I have personally attended and taught several real estate investing courses, I have always been intrigued about why some students succeed tremendously, while others fail miserably - all given the same information and education.There are MANY differences between each person, but when we develop patterns (find common denominators that are present in one group, and not present in the other group), we can determine certain practices, beliefs, and methods that are sure to lead you down the same path (success or failure) as the others in the study group.There is one blatantly obvious characteristic that is present in every success story, and non-existent in every failure story.

Those agreement lawsuits are civil matters not criminal, contrary to popular belief.

Your belief of targeting "C+/B- properties near growing cities" is right on target.

The seller does not have an immediate financial need but my belief is that he wants higher earnest money only for the sake of peace of mind.Does anyone have any recommendations on how I could get the seller comfortable with the lower price and the later closing date so I can get the loan?

But after months of taking a back seat, listening to the BiggerPockets podcast religiously, reading countless books, and digesting every piece of information the blog posts had to offer, here is my formal introduction.My name is Juan Medina.

If you want to invest in Rochester then I would religiously follow the MLS so you get an understanding of pricing. 

If you share this belief then why would you sell?

The market appreciation at that time on the previous 5 years was also over $100K.So many investors are willing to have negative cash flow at purchase with the belief in a few years the rents will have appreciated enough that it now has positive cash flow. 

@Nancy Roth My position and belief has always been that a contract cannot expire because the other party has not or cannot honor their side.