After meeting them, evaluate what you can offer them, and don't forget the most important part that most forget....get back in touch and do what you said you would do!!

Get good at that and the rest will follow.Get a free app like property evaluator or an excel spreadsheet and use it everytime.

Message me and I will share with you a "quick" evaluator for mobile home parks. 5.

When I get a call form my yellow letters campaign I know its in an area I can sell quickly and evaluate easily. 

For example, how can I find a realtor who is not just interested in selling me a house, but can clue me in on what is important when evaluating property? 

That's not meant to be insulting to the author in any way, it just doesn't go very deep into how he established his wholesaling and bird-dogging leads nor does it touch on the process of wholesaling or bird-dogging.I did find his analysis of every offer given him a great way to quickly learn from examples how to evaluate a deal.It's a decent read/skim, but not worth more than a couple bucks or hours of your time.

Take an honest evaluation of where and when you waste the most time.

@Joel Owens I am trying to evaluate my long term goals/plans now which is why I think the initial question even grew in my mind....If I'm putting (on average $20-$25k initial investment) on a rental property, have to wait approximately 5 years to see my initial investment returned, and to run into possible tenant, repair issues as the years progress, am I doing the right thing or am I better off leaving these annual $20-$25k investments in the bank??

For we have baby step our way to here, evaluating every situation as it arose.So it really comes down to what do you want, how quickly do you want to grow, and your end goal :)

Hey @Kimberly Gillock These are the things normally included in closing costs: A fee for running your credit report.A loan origination fee, which lenders charge for processing the loan paperwork for you.Attorney’s fees.Charges for any inspection required or requested by the lender or you.Discount points, which are fees you pay in exchange for a lower interest rate.Appraisal fee.Survey fee, which covers the cost of verifying property lines.Title insurance, which protects the lender in case the title isn’t clean.Title search fees, which pay for a background check on the title to make sure there aren't things such as unpaid mortgages or tax liens on the property.Escrow deposit, which may pay for a couple months' property taxes and private mortgage insurance.Pest inspection fee.Recording fee, which is paid to a city or county in exchange for recording the new land records.Underwriting fee, which covers the cost of evaluating a mortgage loan application.I crossed out the items which you shouldn't have to pay for if you are doing straight seller financing.