What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

A good PMC can assist with all of that for a Placement Fee.NEVER trust a real estate agent to do your screenings, as they have a conflict of interest - they won't have to deal with any tenant issues once you pay them their commission.

How would you go about price anchoring and negotiating the deal?

We've been educating ourselves on creative financing and Subto and would like to know if there are recommended professionals in the DFW/ Texas area who are experts on structuring a creative deal who can essentially advise us and take care of the process for us. 

For those of you clowns who are looking for zero down deals, get a job.

We are seeing more and more horror stories pop up from folks losing their investments after pooring them into trash syndicate deals, or buying in C/D grade areas out of state because a YT video or message board post gave them FOMO.

I hope to continue to learn from the vast amount of knowledge that is here, make connections and maybe someday do some deals with some of you!

We were planning $600/mo mortgage payment, $100/mo insurance & $100/mo taxes - balloon payment in 5 yrs.We are providing $5k to pay back taxes ($4k), back hoa ($125), pump septic & grease trap clean out ($225), survey ($600)  & our children are paying closing costs ($1500).Deal stalled as owner backed out on seller finance.Suggestions?

Those things aside, there is no way to know if this is a good deal without knowing the value of the property.

I will be injecting new funds every year.Full Control: I enjoy analyzing deals and prefer to have full control over my investments, so syndication is not an option.Given that I'm a complete newbie in real estate, I would greatly appreciate your advice on the following:Selection Criteria: What factors should I prioritize when choosing properties?