There is very little (knock on wood) that can go wrong with it.

It may mean finding off market deals through driving for dollars, door knocking, or direct mail.

Keep "knocking"!!

So far, I have not had another problem (knock on wood!)

While we have become well versed in the RTA both through the school of hard knocks and reading the RTA I'm sure there's a few more lessons to be learned.

Issues:seasonal, just 9 months with high vacancies in the summercareless students don't care about the property as they will just be moving onI learned by the school of hard knocks on this one and thus bought in blue collar areas where families would dominate the applications :)

Inspectors could knock on doors asking if neighbors recognize the bio picture associated with the listing, but that's a lot of work. 

No problems yet, knock on wood.Finding deals takes work: walking the neighborhood, talking to people, yellow letters, calling people, driving for dollars, but they are out there and they are many.When you find the deal, if you can't afford what they want and you are thinking is a good deal, take it to your local real estate investing group. 

I have experience with door knocking and cold calling, with these skills I hope to be successful in this industry.

For example, I can knock out allure flooring for a bathroom super quickly without making a mess if i don't have to reinforce/fix the subfloor or demo tile.