I invite you out to a local meetup I have been hosting for BiggerPocket members here in Charlotte. 

I have contested my property taxes on numerous occasions and have not had as much luck as you. 

Just saying there are products out there that you can use to achieve your goals without stretching the truth or lying by omission.Pro tip of the day:  There are numerous no income verification loans for investment properties on the market today (business purpose loans) that require you to close in an entity and you can use a new LLC. 

If I were in your shoes, I'd invite your friend to shadow you in your business. 

Then I send it with no more than 3 hours until the expiration of our offer.To send an offer without an expiration date is an invitation to let the seller walk all over you. 

I asked her if she goes, and she said no, but she travels to las vegas to visit her rentals. so of course, we got into a long conversation because she and her sister-in-law were thinking about selling and going to a better cash flow area. which led to a discussion about BP (they never heard of it) and syndication (never heard of that either).I sent them both a long email the next day and have also invited them to an REI event laterit made the party go by quickly and it was a ton more fun than I thought it would bemy answer is, I don't tell any of my staff or patientsI will only discuss it with friends who are also interested/involved in REI

Carrying negative cash flow into a mature market or retirement or both is inviting bad things. 

Make a good impression and invite them to call you - I personally steer away from “Call today for a no-hassle cash offer In 24 hrs”, or “close in 2 days”, or any of he other boiler plate approaches.

After a few years I decided its not the career for me and I decided to get into real estate after reading numerous books and listening to podcasts.

After analyzing numerous pitman properties, I'm finding that the high taxes really eat up cash flow.