There are others, also, who are now leading happy, productive lives.

Making a well-rounded decision can lead to long-term success in real estate investment.

Brokers either get leads through a network of brokers in other disciplines or organic contacts.

Which leads to various shady over-leveraged negative equity SubTo deals start imploding in mass AND the tsunami of calls to Atty G. offices from various sellers getting burned, the tsunami of court fillings of such......

It will likely be a web of contractors, engineers, and architects, but some those are ultimately leading to the developer. 

You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

Talking of multifamily specifically, how is it that we are getting better cap rates if the prices have not really reset lower.

I've only ever sent out an offer like that once, and that was to a preforeclosure lead that refused to discuss the property, instead telling me "that's not how real estate works, just make me an offer".  

Unfortunately, there are times when being accommodating and making exceptions can lead tenants to take advantage of the situation.

However, that will likely lead to increased turnover and increased vacancy time in between tenants.