Or when you don't meet your own expectations and then they can point a finger and say "see I told you so"For example when I first started working at the company I am in now. 

@Joe Gore Hello Sir.I have read several of the threads relating to skip tracing companies and you seem to have a pretty good finger on who's the best provider, I.E. direct from credit bureau.Currently I am subscribed to Intelius, and the rate of accurate phone numbers sucks, sucks bad.What is your success rate with utilizing the credit bureaus for obtaining cell numbers, as most folks no longer have a land line?

All organic, all off-market, all free, all people that fight each other to get to me, without me lifting a finger every single day.Again, how many of you want success, don't have it (yet), and resort to free info to get it?

But, they don't, which tells me that they don't believe their product is worth the cost to enough students to make that a profitable business model.And for reference, of the 17,000+ books I've sold, I can count on two fingers the number of times I've been asked for a refund.Does that answer your question, Bob?

They came out 2 days later for an inspection and I thought for sure they would get me on repairs because the prior tenants had a dog and the house reaked of dog smell, they also had a bunch of kids so the walls had finger prints all over and there were some holes in the exterior vinyl siding.

You could give the tenants a 30 day immediately after closing and keep your fingers crossed all works well. 

Not here to defend anyone or point fingers but we have had many unsatisfied investors over the past 10 years.Most will buy 1 property and expect miracles.It takes a larger portfolio to make it more stable and more cashflow profitable long term.Owning 1 or 2 properties can always be a hit/miss.Owning a larger portfolio should over time perform better "year after year".Just my opinion based on PM data that we see on the back end.Much success

totally agree, I sell more deals for Columbus to out of state than the locals because they don't have liquify. even literally real estate agents with all the data at their finger tips there isn't enough motivation to convince them 

@Anthony Finger I will PM you with a manager for Akron/Canton that friends speak highly of. 

@Anthony Finger The same as any other place, it depends on what tenant profile you are looking for.