No shortage of motivation here, I look forward to learning from everyone involved in this community !  

The last realtor i used was not very motivated. 

Still, real estate is different in that shelter is a necessity (versus say me selling pies, if I charge too much you can always buy cakes instead), which means that invariably government will be motivated to get involved.

You'll have a tough time in SINY along with the rest of the city making any sort of numbers work.

The property is not listed for sale and is not in foreclosure, but I contacted the out-of-state owners, and they are motivated to sell.

Bare with though, I hope to read a book or two all about these sort of things,  but for the time being, I think I should focus on making money, not saving non existent money, lol.

Then buy at a discount because the owner is more motivated to get rid of it, add value through renovation, increase the rent and increase the cashflow significantly.If you do what 99% of real estate investors do, you'll get the results that 99% of real estate investors get.I think with 1,000 apartment units under my belt, I can modestly say I belong to the other 1% :-)

What sort of problems are you seeing with section 8?

I need people to work with who are motivated.

After all, his entire motivation was to get the house back for his Grandma.Also, Shooter McGavin does real estate speculation as a hobby.