I did some research and pieced together a deal for 8 properties in 3 states with a total purchase price of $650,000 with a retail value of $1,000,000 +/-. 

When it does, just pick up the pieces and move on.

First piece of advice: keep reading these forums and posts.

I pay “by the piece”.

My contact had been very tight lipped on the phone so I was piecing together the story from what I learned at town hall and the little she told me on the phone.

One of the biggest questions is how much You should offer on a piece of property.

I recently helped a developer put together a 19 lot piece with 5K-6K sq ft lots and it ended up being $15k per lot plus indirect costs (engineering, stormwater permits, DOT permits etc...)

I just purchased two homes for 43k a piece via hard money loan.  

If you have those couple of pieces in place, the rest will come as a result of the other members of the team.  

My two pieces of advice1) Let nothing stop you - Turn your biggest challenge into your biggest advocate!