This property allowed me to be an out of state Landlord, use a creative way to purchase home, sharpened my forced equity skills, and learn a different state's real estate market.

Maybe we can catch coffee sometime.

I did the following spreadsheet for a client so he could picture the process and the results:If you are local we can sit and have coffee and sort out your goals.

Maybe we can grab coffee whenever you are free.Thanks,Devon

What an inspector thinks will cost 10's of thousands might be an easy fix...not always but sometimes. 

What about a coffee table book like Ellen DeGeneres Home or Martha Stewart Entertaining?

Over-financing can be an issue when too much money is borrowed (the interest rate and length of the mortgage are factors).Warren Buffett refers to free cashflow as owner earnings, which is money you can safely take out of the business without jeopardizing the business.

Thanks for confirming that you must be an agent to get the commission @Bob Okenwa.You would not use one, so that you get the 3% commission back, either in terms of a discount on the property, or via cash.

Understand that Starbucks doesn't invest in areas where the local population can't afford a "luxury coffee" and you will find very few pawn shops in the best markets.

The 1 in 50 times where this simple litmus test gets it wrong isn't worth the time suck represented by the other 49 times.Those that WILL drive to your office even though you previously didn't sense any motivation, it is probably worth your time to run a full CMA, offer them coffee, and start that relationship.