You cannot beat that guy or his real estate agent.You must market for motivated sellers and attract unlisted properties where the owner sees the benefit of taking a cash offer rather than putting their house on the market, which could require them to make costly repairs with $ they don't have.I like 3 methods for reaching the off-market, motivated seller:1) Direct mail, to people WITH EQUITY, especially absentee owners2) AdWords (Google Search marketing)3) Outdoor (billboards, bandit signs, bus signage, etc. etc.)Click on my FACE in this post and watch the video in my user profile here on BP - it's called "The Search for Motivated Sellers".  ;-)  This is THE #1 CHALLENGE for all of us.  

At some point you are gonna have to get off the fence and go for it, otherwise you will always be watching from the other side. 

I stay near an open door, and I don't go upstairs with them unless it's an occupied house, and I need to watch them closer.

Do you have rules regarding the living room & sharing the TV (was it a free for all, or was it more like this is my TV & my house, I watch what I want to watch, you can go to your room and do your thing)?

I've watched my Dad do everything from land development/subdividing to custom builds, so I feel like I know just enough to get in over my head!

For those who live in Dallas (I'm in the Oak Cliff area) but what I want to begin my journey out by not only reading and gaining more knowledge on flipping but I really want to hook up with someone (a professional) that I can watch and shadow with while they do a flip.  

I watched it be reduced multiple times until it was at 45K.  

It is worth watching.

And @Anthony Washington, watch that gentleman stuff!

Not sure of the timing yet, as @Scott Trench hasn't finalized it yet, but set your keyword alerts to Vacation Rental and watch for it!