:lol:How not to win friend and influence people rr how to apply the laws of attraction in reverse (by insulting people you do not know)?

Just a bad experience that I had and it influenced me forever.

A GREAT place to start is to send letters - NOT to sellers (well not JUST to sellers), but to FAMILY and FRIENDS or as I call it - your sphere of influence.

You may want to seek out Al Williams, his podcast, and his book on how you can influence the outcome of the neighborhood by being a catalytic landlord.

I will say @Dustin Smith  and @Kyle Penland are influencing my decision a bit!

You can also work your sphere of influence, door knock neighborhoods you want to work.

I believe the open concept layout has the most influence on moving the property.To the experienced flipper what do you think of this deal?

This is also influenced by whether you are doing business in your name, or using a LLC or trust.

Market influences will never be the same, properties are unique, use of funds of one investor will be different than another, yet investors seem to get excited about doing something someone else did or claimed to do.Just saying, there is no substitute for formal or conventional knowledge to base any business strategy on.

The 1 - 10 comes from some factual research (ie crime stats, school quality, transportation, etc) but it is also largely, heavily influenced by how I feel when I walk or drive through the area at daytime and in the evening.When I am really conflicted about a particular rating I sometimes add a + or - modifier to the letter, or use a decimal for the number.