But John himself, at least has 200 posts and it would be pretty easy to see if he brings anything to the table or not by doing a bit of research here on BP.

That said, he's brought nothing new to the table as far as the current housing market goes.

I use a Word table with embedded docs for leads, and an Excel spreadsheet with hyperlinks to my mailing lists to track marketing and response rates.I also recently did a 30-day trial of a product called Pipeliner which I liked very much and am interested in buying, but can't justify spending the money if I can still do it in my home-grown system.

I haven't done a deal there in 15 years, I just send any leads I know about to an old investor/broker friend there to take a shot at if he likes it, gives him something to do besides occupy a seat at a poker table.

If the deals make sense, he could buy the property from you, finance it or partner up with you.There are a lot of other companies that do that, some have tens of thousands of dollars programs, where you go to 3 days boot camps and learn quickly, then they offer you money at a high interest rates (hard money loans) of if the deals you are bringing at the table are amazing, or they will partner up with you.A lot of the info you'll find from these guys will be great, and unless you take action and actually look for properties, make offers and putting together deals, you'll just waste your money. 

They will also not to exceed between 80-90%LTC up the the MAX ARV.Hard Money Example: ARV = $100,000Purchase Price is: $35,000Cost to Rehab and Stabilize the asset is: $38,000The Max Loan Amount, using 65%ARV, would be: $65,000This example's Loan to Cost (LTC)= Purchase Price+Rehab Costs = $73,000In this scenario, the Lender would lend $65,000 (The MAX % ARV because your LTC exceeded the Max ARV percentage) causing you to come to the table with the remainder of $8,000+closing costs and reserves (as applicable).Hope that helps some and again..this is a very simple explanation

I always used to ask are you the cash buyer or is someone else bringing the money to the table?

Buyer = Karl James and/or assigns) and then bring in one to three additional participants so they bring cash to the table before the purchase closes and have them take their share of the cash out at sell closing.Typically, I need to close the purchase-side within two to three weeks of getting it under contract.

You limit your downside by putting more chips on the table.  

I bring ambition and desire to the table, that's about it.