Then I guess you're not serious and what you're really looking for is someone to spend countless hours educating you for free on their local market - only to have you not buy because they can't find you that unicorn property all the online gurus are telling you to hold out for.

After several years of education, preparation, and researching countless markets and strategies, my wife and I finally turned all the theory into reality and bought our first rental property in 2020.

I've read quite a few books and have watched and listened to countless hours of podcasts and videos over the past couple of months, trying to immerse myself and soak up as much RE investment information as possible.

I've taken unsolicited offers myself several times, but been approached countless times.  

It'll save you countless headaches down the road. 

@Eric BarriosAlways get an estoppel signed by the prior owner an all tenants regarding lease agreement specifics, security deposit held and amount paid or outstanding.There are countless stories of new owner finding out from tenants after the fact a different stories than what was told by the prior owner before the sale.

Yeah OK that’s kind of insane, and I can tell you that I had countless times when I wanted to quit.

Countless cancer / tumor checkups.

It also states that people become old and boring when they stop playing, but if they keep playing, they remain young at heart.I don’t know if many of you are, but I’m a gamer, I love games, so why not make games out of everything?   

There are countless ways that you even broaching this subject with them can get you in warm water that can quickly become hot.