I need advice from anyone with mad marketing or copywriting skills.

Thank you William,I am glad I found Bigger pockets website...hooked on to the podcasts this holiday season:)Let me spend more time on evaluating properties and honing the skill of catching the right fish:)Happy to have all you experts around to be able to make the correct choices as I explore this new world of REI!!!

I used a simple Excel spreadsheet for our first few properties, and then our accountant told us to find someone more skilled in multiple rentals than she was.

Maybe you only know house flipping but after listening to a podcast on wholesaling, that suddenly sounds more in line with your skill set.I am learning at the ripe age of 40 that shortcuts don't exist.

We have hired a couple of interns and plan on expanding that next summer to high school aged kids looking to develop entrepreneurial skills.

It all depends on what your skill sets are.

They must be very well rounded in abilities, skill and dedication to get that far in competition.

I might quest you skill sets being new as to solving a problem a Realtor can't but it's possible, depends on you. :)

:) The key is to find you niche and speciality based on your skills.

It's not necessarily the best property but the best situation that fits.For example, ideally you'd have a perfect property requiring virtually no repairs, just vacuuming perhaps, and plenty of time for you to find a buyer after you've tied up the deal.You are actually using your skills as a negotiator to assure the seller that you have the ability to close and solve the problem(s) that they see as most important within the timeframe that's agreed upon.Truth be told, most abandoned properties have combinations of both people and property problems.