;)A mentor can help keep you on task, accountable, and nudge you around the biggest potholes in the road.

No worries about a seller sueing for specific performance.  

The good thing about holding them is that most are rented and performing.

I'm finding this to be a very difficult task.

Rental rates are increasing steadily and I could see this market end up being the top performing market in the country when 2016 comes to a close.

To be exact, $5,000,000 in loan transactions a year.There might be a potential market for a middle man that would allow people that do not $5,000,000 a year to get some of the data.For example, many investors would love to find non performing loans in only one zip code.

I've bought through auction.com for trustee sales in NC, and on some property had no opportunity to perform property inspections or 'complete' due diligence like you would on an MLS listed property.

About me:Towards the end of a long rewarding career on the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department and as a Rescue Squad Officer on DHS/FEMA Ohio Task Force One, I began investing in real estate, both from a rehab/turn-over and a buy-and-hold approach.

My goal on this property is to get it back to it's performance and rent it out at FMR (which I don't know... $225-275/room per student)Here are some of the financials - Ask: 520kMonthly gross rent: $5000Property taxes: 7kInsurance: 2.5k (for me)Gas & electric: 3.5kWater: 1.5kRents should be at least $6400/month or $7200 depending, (possibly higher?) 

I give his company a few thousand dollars a month after 4 to 6 months,  he then takes  that money  and uses it to  get a line of credit they also pay 7% on my money I am paying them and then something also about a couple years down the road  they complete some sort of deal that frees up another 20% so in essence I'm getting 10% return on my money a year and I'm getting a huge line of credit that I can use to buy good  performing  real estate.