That is a far cry from someone working a minimum wage job.I lived hand-to-mouth as a college student and for awhile after. 

., I love SE CT so much, I can’t keep my mouth shut!

I am so incredibly proud of this property and even through some of the "hardships" i experienced throughout this process i could not be happier with the lessons learned and all of the value gained.This is a real life example with real numbers.

Straight from the horse's mouth so to speak.

Last, and certainly not least, if you focus on qualitative factors (on top of ROI), there is an opportunity to create value and brand recognition by word of mouth (marketing, and your current tenants telling their friends that you provide a quality product/service). 

There are some big mouths on BP and I would encourage everyone to vet vet vet as much as possible before doing deals with some folks on here.

Long story short, we have picked up an additional 3 commercial and 2 residential properties to manage through word of mouth.

But I knew how to sell and close.now granted I sold land and ranch's so dress was jeans etc with boots for walking through the brush and such.But its really sales skills and techniques that are critical and I was taught by some of the best land men of their day.You had to take control from the first words out of your mouth.. if you are not controlling the conversation and the presentation you wont be a closer and closers is what U need to be if you want to make any money.I suspect that goes for wholesaling which many of you guys are trying to do  however which is MUCH tougher than just selling real estate you either own or is on MLS.  

In a good school district, property was flat & well drained so minimal site prep, (a huge positive), but it did need 12 large trees taken down.We sold it word of mouth for a quick $45k net profit.

I'm sure they would appreciate the experience to show some properties, even though you aren't likely to buy anything from them, you could give advice and good word of mouth to him/her.