Within a week of reading and listing to podcast, I have my first appointment with a seller.

Do not try to close them or offer them anything else, until you close them to an appointment. 

I’ve cut my work as a therapist back to 20 appointments a week now in order to dedicate more time to run our real estate businesses.

These list will be distributed to our field "bird Dogs" and we hope to have many scheduled purchase appointments in the up coming months.I just can't say it enough....

You are welcome - hope those words and concepts had value to your investing exercise - Thank you so much for the vote - I always feel great when others here on Bigger Pockets garner something from my responses (been working on answers now for 48 years).Some of the ideas sound way out there  but you never until you ask - the good thing is knowing the questions to ask and how to execute them in writing on a contract offer.I remember not long ago - my son and me looked at a property - we really didn't like the equity position so we asked the seller if we made an offer would they give of us $7,000 - the seller thought about it for about a minute - and wrote a check for $7,000.We closed the deal and assigned it almost immediately for a nice assignment profit - oh - we kept the $7,000 (it paid for the trip) you just never know the degree of motivation that sellers have until you probe.I feel it is important to take your time when negotiating - don't try to solve their problem too quickly, make an appointment to meet again - and always counsel (that is ask many questions) and get the seller to invest in the negotiation - ask to see the deed - the settlement papers and maybe their title insurance policy. 

Call each agent or homeowner and make an appointment and find out what homes are selling for in the area and always ask the real estate agent how much other homes have sold for in the area.

Not only that, but they know I've been studying real estate so they figure I am the better of the three in negotiating; even though I have not made a real deal up to this point.I gave a real estate agent a call to make an appointment to go see two properties that were next to each other and both were listed for sale.

A, I'm usually an hour or two later to my appointments than he is."

An investor can just set an appointment to see it.

He tried to set up an appointment to write a contract which was 24+ hours ago.