That gets to the overall competition you mentioned (prices getting bid up, especially on MLS rehabs.)I'm not necessarily anti-flip but for a flip the emphasis (for me) is being able to get in and get out quickly.

And from that 3% about 80% of the people that open your mailers will contact you to yell at you and demand you remove them from your list.Mark my words, if you are going to use lists, unless you are going to spend $20K/month on mailers you will most likely regret it.Yes I really do hope you are going to be one of the FEW lucky people with success doing DMM... but more than likely that is not going to happen.And to avoid this post to be just anti DMM...Here is somethign you need to do.If you are going to choose DMM, FIRST find out what the cost/deal is using DMM in your market.Then decide if the hassle is worth it (angry home owners yelling at you, skip tracing, dealing with non motivated sellers).

*Am eligible for a VA loan, have 0 debt, credit score 800+*Currently only have $10k cash saved for investing, income doesn’t allow for big gains in this area*Slightly anti social, very scared to take risks, and easily overwhelmed!! 

Hope the public is not hoarding For Sale signs.The only way we can make this fair and fight extreme rent controls or extremely lopsided anti investor is to join apratment associations and band together.

The situation is tricky and this municipality is notoriously anti-landlord.

This won’t be popular to read in some quarters, but federal and state officials need to start adjusting their anti-virus strategy now to avoid an economic recession that will dwarf the harm from 2008-2009."

While many politicians are anti-landlord, they aren't going to allow deadbeats to remain in so long that a landlord defaults on the property.

So instead they weld people into their homes to let them die (Communism vs Capitalism, I'm glad I don't live in China).https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/french-study-finds-anti-malarial-and-antibiotic-combo-could-reduce-covid-19-duration/

I’ve been trying to explain to my wife I’m open to learning from that University thing but I feel the second they start talking about investing (specifically RE) I might check out since he’s so anti REI using debt unless it’s your own house.

It is class warfare and anti-business.