The fat margin operators get pushed out.Local operators are closer to a craftsman.

@Nina Phillips, 1021 is simply a "fat thumb" moment when sending from my cell phone! 

Others may disagree but I still prefer leverage with a fat wallet to back it up... make sense?

They can play the withholding rent game, or even possibly hiring their own contractor and then giving me a big fat bill, even though the asbestos situation is iffy at best.Not too long ago, the tenant wife told me they were involved in a lawsuit with a las vegas hotel over legionella, Legionnaires' disease, so I decided it's not worth dealing with the wife's complaints and drag this out.

Not a lot of fat to trim.

I did about 3-4 deals per year, enough to make some decent extra income, but no where near what I'd need to survive.Keep in mind: the commission sounds fat, but after you take out the Broker's split, pay you E&O insurance, Realtor dues, MLS access dues, ads, and self-employment taxes, realistically you're only getting around 30-50% of your 3% split. 

Do not ask real estate agent to find you houses.It is like asking a starving lion to find you juicy fat rabbits. 

I'm sure there is some fat you can trim from your monthly expenses to fund your goal 

Owner financing I never thought it was possible, until I cam across two homes one was almost paid for the other had a small balance...Long story short, I got a good price on the one, with a 4% interest rate loan and the other believe it or not the price was pretty good and the interest was a big fat beautiful 0%, And this was a good home in a nice area, there is a God

I still need to get my server functioning properly, and add Php / mysql functionality...I've been ignoring the big fat face book.