There are so many skills you could study that will enhance you to be a great real estate investor but do not have to touch on the subject of real estate (sales, marketing, accounting, psychology, etc).

I came across a mixed use property listed on Loopnet for $650K - it's a steal in our area but it's based on really deferred maintenance - somehow this property still yields close to $6700 per month based on very creative ways to produce income.. basically renting out every inch of the property for storage and $200 per parked car. $450 for storage in the garage etc.

Providing value for many of the bigger investors comes with helping them enhance their business, and you'll many times come in as essentially an apprentice! 

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Yesterday, the owner of the tri plex was here with a surveyor and informed me that the front fence and part of the HVAC units were on his property (about 18 inches).  

So basically you guys are saying if I even move an inch in rent, they'll want a mile and if they can't figure it out, its better to evict and start over than getting taken for 6 months?

Give them an inch they take a mile. 

Broken furniture, a 1998 32-inch TV that weighs 317 pounds, hangers, some old eggs and an empty pizza box in the fridge, nothing cleaned, etc.

Inspection report says: "Using the Smart leveler digital leveling system with the center of the living room as the reference point the inspector observed the following:1) 1" inch drop from the center of the living room to the back corner of the primary bedroom2) 1" inch drop from the center of the living room to the center of the primary bathroom.3) 3/4" inch drop from the center of the living room to the pantry.4) 1" inch difference from the center of the living room to the back corner of the living room."

I have never heard of any of my REIA friends bidding on auction ever saving a nickle under their MAO by playing the inching it up game!!!!!