The search effort will be worth it.

When you work with a broker, most of them understand the importance of actually giving you all their attention and put all their efforts to help you, because they are not provided with "leads/units" like the big companies.

If I am going to put in that much time and effort, going after bigger deals makes so much more sense.

Most people fail not for want of motivation or effort but because they lack a Sales Method or System.

Working on them now - genuinely trying to understand what you meant by adding security cameras and/or a security system to the routers?

The motivated seller questionnaire is especially useful for screening real estate leads and sellers that come through blanket marketing methods like bandit sign marketing, flyer marketing and other more specific real estate lead generation methods.The single most damaging mistake made by beginner real estate investors is not being selective enough about who they spend money, time and effort dealing with.

Once we were no longer burdened by the heavy weight of debt, we could shift our efforts over to wealth accumulation and giving like crazy.Find your Minimum Required Income Level (MRIM)Now that you don’t have any more “bad debt,” what is the minimum amount of income you need to live on annually?

That's cool that you want to create a legacy, but is the kid genuinely interested in REI, or does he just act like it out of fear of disappointing his father?

Thats priority #1.What I'm saying is that when getting started people become obsessed with the little things like the color of the drapes, brand of furniture, etc. when what they should be focusing on is getting their first property up and running with as little cost as possible on liabilities such as furniture.They should be more resourceful when it comes to these things by working deals with the owner, finding furnished properties, getting items wholesale.The main effort goes into the pictures, the title & description, the backend business, acquiring a property in the first place, negotiating terms, creating stand operating procedures that they can use to scale later on. 

Is this effort to secure new business worth making?