Give me a break.I had an absolutely horrible experience selling the regular agent way this spring. 

When I purchased the property it looked horrible and still had the owners property inside even though it had been abandoned.

Thus far, every time I run the numbers I come up with what are seemingly horrible cash flows.  

Sitting and waiting to pounce with cash does not seem like such a horrible situation, though I am aware that doing so also costs, and what do people do about that!?  

Yes the front yard is hard to maintain (if the tenant doesn't want to) we are about 40 mins away and I can't just zip over to weed after wk.The retaining wall is actually pretty solid just ugly as all get out-I was going to plant some creeping plants to cover it after the reno is done.I had been thinking about painting the siding to a nice dark blue/grey colour BUT when it was installed there were many gaps left and it's just a horrible job all around.

Sherry O.Shortsales are horrible for investors.The problem is that the list price is usually not the bank's price.

Be careful jumping in on deals that are deceptively good - you'll find that there may be title issues, encumbrances or horrible building conditions that will drain your coffers and take up a lot of time.

I've seen some horrible credit reports with on time paying tenants.

What a horrible investment.

I even had a tenant take a unit with horrible water damage and invest in new electrical, security doors, cameras, cooling, etc.