If the best argument a person can put forward for the strength of a market is to only brag it's cheapest, well that tells me a whole lot more about how weak the market is than anything else. 

Not one person can do everything for everyone, each person has their strengths and their weaknesses and when it comes to their weaknesses we reach out to others for help and when it comes to our strengths we help those around us when they need it and try to teach them while doing so. 

They don't have to be "part of the deal" beyond lendersUse HML for part of the second (it'll be 12%+ points due to a weak second positionHave seller raise price buy $300k if the appraisal will support, and refund that as a credit at close.

And those are the wholesalers that I find despicable.Investing is often a transfer of wealth from the weak hands to the strong hands.

They're essentially unheard of in Europe, where there is no equivalent of Fannie & Freddie.May well be more variation in rates between good and weak borrowers.

Also I found a full time mortgage underwriter as a VA on an as need basis that will take all my research and go through it all and point out all the weak points of a proposed purchase.

I am excellent at analysis (I'm a numbers person at my day job), but very weak in knowledge on rehab.

The Fed is lowering interest rates because economies outside the USA are weak. 

I ran the numbers with rough and likely mildly pessimistic estimates of total rehab, based on paying $425 total to have it in good enough shape to keep 70% of rent, then assuming loan cost of 6.5% (definitely pessimistic since the last two were around 5% for me), and they aren't all that attractive-  If $425k total in-Rent for $4200 total =$2940/month using 70% rule$2535/month P+I for $340k borrowed at 6.5% for 20 years $1500 insurance plus $2740 Taxes=$353/month for Taxes and insurance$2890 total MTI =Marginal to no cash flow, $7800 per year in paydown- so about 10% on the $80k I have in, Then market gain leveraged X 5- This is the big wild card, and the one where I may be less optimistic than the rest of the crowd. 4% sustained yearly gain would make the whole thing seem really attractive all of a sudden- but I don't see our economy expanding in the middle class enough for this to keep happening for much longer :(a 1% cheaper loan saves only $200/month- still weak sauce cash-flow wise. 

I think that is one of my biggest weaknesses; being too generous even with my employees (when I had them) It wasn't all just business.