The more flexible you are the more wins you'll have.It's much like anything else, you can run an assembly line bulk purchase and salvage business or you can cherry pick more profitable deals and spend more time turning them for a profit.

Brandon, your site is excellent, I read it from end-to-end before making the leap to BP!!!

I want to figure out a win-win way to buy the house from my stepfather, remember I have no money, so that I can use the equity in that house and leverage it to buy other investment properties.

Excellent returns for the buy and hold investor and has been very well taken care of.

Sam Parkins great response, excellent information for me here.

J Scott, and the others, give some excellent advice.

If you cannot verify previous owner gave rent concession then a court battle might be tough to win and just a letter to credit bureau would be what I would do.

Thank you for the excellent resources and contributions!

If you haven't already, check out the wholesaling section of the forum, there is a wealth of information and excellent advice over there:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93-wholesaling

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