I would ask yourself what your ultimate goal is...Is your ultimate goal to relax beach side somewhere or do you want $10,000 of passive income per month? 

As a "Land Lord' I guess you have the option to do what you want it's your money.Lazy is not paying attention to your investment in my opinion.Personally I'm not  lazy I don't understand the concept.I do understand how to maximize time, money, and effort to turn a unit, get the best possible market, income and keep my investment profitable, and my head above water so I can relax..sure I do some things myself and other things I hire out and it's seemed to work for the past 40 years so I guess I'm doing something right.

Kick back and relax, get 1-2 guys in there and start doing demo and landscape.

Do you relax your requirements (financial or otherwise) when personal guarantys are offered? 

If you did this for a whole month straight, you'd know exactly what to say to a money man investor once you found the deal of a lifetime because you've got analyzing the deal in your muscle memory! 

As an app state alum I see that last pic and want to immediately go relax on your porch.

I tried to be relaxed and mildly funny, my one-sheeter looked fantastic in comparison to the rest, and afterwards a lot of people wanted to chat.That first event was the spark I needed.

Building those "muscles" of being investor take time but don't be discouraged as everyone's ramp up time is different.If you are truly lost then perhaps the best use of your time might be in finding an excellent property manager to handle everything on your behalf for at least a year.

Mike, not sure about Nationwide, but your problem is consistant here in SO CAL, home of the REOs and here is my opinion of what has been going on.Banks have been slow to get the REO's to market.Banks took a more relaxed/delayed (for lack of better terms) process to foreclose during the holidays (Nov.

The best part is that the agent will work both sides of the deal so you can sit back and relax while the short sale process comes to close.