@Ray Harrell I don't think there's a super secret decoder ring that someone gets when they join that "portfolio expansion" secret society. 

He makes $24 an hour, is married, and has a 3 year old at home.The other guy got back $3,000 on his tax return and spent almost the entire thing buying his wife a fancy diamond ring.

Your words ring so true.

Like the rings on the inside of an old oak tree.

@Season PriceI would get a free targeted mailing list from my title company, send out 500 yellow letters and wait for my phone to start ringing...it always does!

@Joe Meares - Cheaper than the fence is a $99 Ring Doorbell or other motion detection camera on the front and back of the house plus a big bright NO TRESPASSING sign.

I have said in the past that most of the people who dislike being landlords tend to dislike having to "do something when the phone rings".

You get what you pay for, rings very true in this scenario. 

“if it’s too good to be true it usually is”.... there is a reason that saying with always ring true.

Not to speak out of turn, but I'm dead sure Derrick is running rings around me doing this.Putting in cash offers without an inspection contingency, when you are not a an experienced renovation contractor or handyman and are unable to sharply mitigate the risk of taking on a property with problems that will eat up all your reserves to fix, is a really bad idea.