The part that puzzles me is, do I enter a sale agreement then seek financing or do I try to get pre-approval prior to entering an AOS.

NNN is nice when your sitting on $5-$10M and want truly passive diversified income with NNN being one piece of that puzzle.

It feels more like a puzzle, chess match, or treasure hunt... 

Get a deal that has a giant spread so if you mess it up, you'll be okay but just have faith in your ability to problem solve and treat it like a challenge everyday to over come or a puzzle to solve versus the end of the world.

I feel like I'm missing some piece of the puzzle, but I just don't know what it is.

Everyone wants a pinterest-perfect wedding, but not everyone wants to shell out $4k just for the space.The last puzzle piece to the price is that wedding parties can be some of the neediest customers to work with, and it's not like you're going to get a lot of repeat business.

My question / perspective is that I do agree with you that yes a landlord does have to look for clients like you suggested, however from my experience that is just a piece of the puzzle.

I also just recently paid for the PRO membership here and have started catching up on old webinar episodes.Looking forward to posting more progress as it happens and also to networking with all the helpful  and knowledgable members here on the site.I will be looking to build our team shortly - looking for agent(s), CPA, contractors and all the other integral pieces of the puzzle.

Outside of that I will say Network, Network, Network - that is where you will find all of the necessary pieces to your puzzle now as well as in the future when you are trying to complete a new one!

Looking to connect the dots because I have several cash buyers lined up and *potentially* motivated buyers, so this is the critical piece of the puzzle to determine their levels of motivation and viability of making that cash offer on the property to get things started.I have several exit strategies from assignment, to back-to-back closes, to a cash purchase and flip, so again please feel free to help me zero in on getting in front of these homeowners in the most efficient way(s) possible!