I wonder what percentage of consumer spending are folks spending money they should be saving.I see the same with investors consistently maxing out ltv refis. 

Naturally if you can get in with private money and show you can make it perform they'll be more apt to give you a better deal but asking what they'll do is like asking what the weather will be like tomorrow in East TN. 

We've been shown several properties that, to use our internal conversation, a 25 year old couple could perform.

Sellers may see this as beneficial to themselves, and believe that buyers will build these pre-disclosed facts into the contract price (and thus sellers may be reluctant to provide any credits for these defects).The buyer elects to perform inspections on the property as agreed upon in the contract.

Keeping it short; a year after changing to new property managers in Indy we have: A 3 bed house that has consistently been rented and no problem.

If you had a $3K per month marketing budget, how would you spend it to create a consistent stream of motivated seller leads month after month? 

My portfolio has performed beautifully for me in the past but I’m concerned about a future SF earthquake and wondering about the opportunity cost of staying in San Francisco relative to investing elsewhere.

When debating statistical performances then the game becomes how to display the metrics.  

As has been pointed out, "finding" consists of more than being on a broker's email list.

I would fear that if performance hurdles aren’t hit in a big way, sponsors lose interest, and then they take their eye off the ball.