Being a wholesaler is a lot like being a treasure hunter, scanning the beaches looking for gold. 

I scan them to my property manager, she makes sure the tenants comply and attends the hearing or contacts the board personally to make sure it's covered.

Same for the faucet, don't use a cheap model with a plastic body...get a mid range moen or pfister single handle NO Sprayer.

Since we do this on a daily basis our bodies are used to working in this position.

I'm a beginner real estate investor doing all the learning, reading, and mock deal analyses that I can before I'm able to locate a cash flowing duplex in my target market and purchase my first property (I plan to live in one unit and rent the other).As I scan the MLS and analyze potential deals based on current market prices and expenses, it seems that the major factor preventing nearly every property I analyze from cash flowing is the mortgage rate.I plan on putting down 20% into my aspirational duplex and having around 10% or so above the down payment in cash reserves for unknown expenses, maintenance, emergencies, etc.With mortgage rates being as high as they are (7%+) at the moment, it seems like a true "needle in the haystack" situation to find a property that will cash flow in my area (Central Florida).Note that in my analyses, I am running the numbers as if I am renting both units of the duplex as well as if I were to rent only one unit of the duplex (both situations produce negative cash flow).Let's say I find a duplex that I want to purchase and everything fits my standards with the exception that I have negative cash flow of $100-$200 per month.

That’s strange, most brokerages are looking for any warm body to hire.

The cigarette they are smoking has hundreds of chemicals in it that are not good for the body.

I was fortunate to be located so close to the property, and my habit of scanning the MLS each morning and evening was key to seeing this one before others got to it.

If it works we'll pull the trigger and do our best and hope it's like the first one, if not and we take some body-blows we'll keep slugging and try not to get KO'd.

Some like sub-2, normal people not attuned to real estate, never heard of sub-2's, can be abused by unethical investors, who may start off as unethical, forced into it due to missteps, miscalculation, poor planning among other things.