I don't worry about getting stressed about rushing bc of real or perceived price appreciation.

It doesn't stress out the seller to hurry and it's short enough to show I'm serious.

My goals are simply buy and hold real estate to generate cash flow for the long term and quit my stressful job.

Since I've become more picky about such things, my stress level when dealing with tenants has gone way down, as have my turnover costs.  

My "hot buttons" are - 1.

I have seen some owners do 20 units but they are real stressed and constantly fixing issues.Doing PM work for single family houses,versus 2 to 4 units, versus 50 units plus is all different.

He said it was fine.One of the items he keyed in on was I had the intent and the ability to close the contract.I was unable to pursue the marketing of a real estate contract due to time constraints, The methods how wholesalers are marketing their deals may be an issue.See #1 for what the states hot button is.Can you wholesale illegally?

I can't stress enough how essential this blog was to my research, house hunting, and offer process... so Thank you!

I've read some posts about people from out of the country who buy in the worst D-class Detroit-like areas because someone sold them some numbers that "looked good" on paper.This is why I've stressed in many of the "2% rule" posts about how that "rule" doesn't apply in all markets. 

This has been very stressful and a nightmare.