Yes John, another good approach, people that couldn't sell and ended up renting to move, estate deals, see who retires at the plant maybe the spouse has been taking care of the properties, tie landlords to those events in life that motivate them to sell, otherwise you're spinning your wheels. :)

Another way to calculate is find out how many gallons the pool holds. 1 cubic foot = 7.48 gallons.Take the amount of gallons, say 20,000 / 7.48 = 2674 cubic feet.2674 cubic feet equals = 99 cubic yards.You could add a bit more for the top of the pool that you don't fill up, but the decking and broken up gunite, plaster, tile etc, should take care of this.Now, being a boating guy, I should have realized the displacement approach earlier!!!

The truth of the matter is, I have no legal or IRS issues with this approach, which has been confirmed by several attorneys and CPAs.

Institutional investors and street level investors usually do not approach the matter of repair and defects from the same angle.

I've noticed that people on BP tend to favor this approach, but on many other forums people would never cash out for a number of reasons.

And I'm probably one of the few with such an aggressive approach.

We mastered the team approach and consequently taught me the cog-in-a-wheel approach.

Your situation sounds a lot like how Karen Rittenhouse approaches purchasing, I'm assuming you've listened to the second biggerpockets podcast?

Understand too, the reason for all the crack downs on investors financing deals is directly related to all the "investors" who have been screwing people, so you brought it on yourselves by condoning such practices or doing them. :)

I can approach the owners of these properties to see if they're interested in selling.