I can completely see a flipper picking up one too many deals (as in BUYING it) and eventually selling for a slight markup untouched, if it was bought for a great deal.

What I would like is a simple strategy that won't burn up most of my liquidity I can rinse and repeat to build cash flow and wealth.I like the idea of building a single family residence and then renting it but I don't want to build these things all around the city and have to be driving around as a landlord all day.

Who is everyone using for insurance? Going around in circles here, have a three unit building in south amboy area looking to insure, going to house hack and live in one of the units.  Who do you recommend for insurance? 

Typically buying them between $10K-$20K which means you would need to pick them up for less than that to make a profit.

(make a sincere, realistic offer and included your closing agenda)step 5 - use a cheap, industry specific printer (we spend less than the price of a stamp to get the whole thing printed and mailed)step 6 - wait for signed offers to come back and pick the best ones to purchase!

I definitely agree with you in that in the beginning, you should pick one strategy and master it before assuming it doesnt work and moving onto another strategy.

Our investment group just picked up a real nice deal in Southeast Portland.

We pick one of our favorite restaurants, book the entire place on one of their closed nights or a slow night in January, and invite our work team (plus one guest each) to join us for dinner and a celebration to show our gratitude.Most of our construction/trades contractors don't have health insurance and put off aspects of their health care.

But I've done deals with friends where it's a simple one page note outlining the terms.Good luck,Tom

As far as the 1 year agreement goes: if you already picked out a single property, an agent should just sign a buyer's agency agreement (exclusive right-to-buy) but limit it specifically to the property you are interested in.