Charles,It is true – it may take some time to lay the groundwork.

(not to say this method cant be a success for you).and i would only hope that if youre going to go through an agent, that it did work out for you.To make a long story short...about a two years ago--i began title searching home owners who were just about to hit the 90 down mark..well, it took alittle ground work--who am i kinding, it took alot of ground work in going to the homeowners directly, knocking on doors, and getting the deals before the REO listing agent did..for some reason, the harder and more resouceful the investor, ive learned the bigger the rewards..

The BP members in general have a stronger foundation of knowledge with the groundwork laid from this site.

Lay some ground work, attack the debt.

I feel like there are a lot of wise investors in our area who have already done all of this ground work and might be wiling to help me build a solid base for my investing.

The one thing I would add is gauging levels of interest from potential investors (all the groundwork) is different than having signed subscription agreements for specific dollar amounts (closing).  

Sounds like you have laid some good groundwork.  

Every time we open another market, it usually takes several weeks of actual ground work before we can actually get our first deal done.

If you can use some one to help you with photos comps or just any ground work please let me assist you.

Even if Amazon came up with a instant house on Prime, SDC's, ground work, new fees, zoning and any new costs put on the developer would make it HIGHLY unlikely that rents will come down.