As you said, the houses in the sub 50,000 range tend to be in "bad" neighborhoods.

There are probably 1,000 people here that have a plan that *isn't* working so I'd be happy if I were in your shoes.I will say that even "yield plays" (no value add rehab) tend to have a tough time in Year 1.

The issue with the size property you are describing, the owners are more sophisticated and tend to list with a major brokerage firm rather than go off market. 

Even though I have a crew, I tend to put my retail buyer properties on the back burner for a month or so and focus on the properties that I will wholesale or keep as a rental 

I buy stocks trending up assuming they will continue to do so rather than stocks tending down hoping they'll recover.

He is willing to take the risk of losing a little market upside with locking into a tangible asset he owns.I tended to be fairly consistent in annually looking at my portfolio and seeing what had performed, what had not, and re-balancing as needed (based on traditional pie chart models of diversification).  

Once the floor is clean, follow by an application of a vapor sealant product specifically for concrete (we sell this)  and an epoxy concrete floor coating. 

While I think people tend to put too much emphasis on having business cards at all, if you're going to do them make sure they are nice.

I figured that, because my real estate investments tend to be leverage between 70-80%, a leveraged ETF of this nature would help counterbalance rental income and pricing fluctuations. 

It tends to be less expensive as personal lines policies depending.