Or they move on to a job and another and figure they don't need your job at the time.I had a surveyor tell me once he was semi-retired but would send his nephew out to do the job. 

I signed up BP on January 2018, didn't know there were new member introduction forum. Hello everyone! I am a newbie investor from CA, currently have one flip project on Indy and one flip in La Verne city here in CA. I...

I came across a wholesale deal for a 3 bed 1 bath 1100sf semi-detached SFR. 

As some background, I am a semi-recent college grad (class of 2014) and have spent the last few years working for the US Senate.

I'm interested in the space, but it's hard to get super motivated on it when you can't find anything that's at least semi reasonable to drive. 

It’s four beds with a semi converted basement (it has a sad looking kitchen).

My mother is semi-retired, and I am about to graduate college and start working in August time (I will also be taking over most of the mortgage).

To your question, it makes sense to keep things semi-formal but "canned" You don't want to site any specific reasons related to possible fair housing or discrimination.

This is a semi-introduction, semi-question I haven't been able to find information on.

With your schedule it would be beneficial to find a way to invest passively or semi-passively by either lending to an investor who is doing things in your market, or through an established online platform or fund that you invest in completely passively.