And, for those people who have more time than money, they can put in sweat equity into directly owned real estate.

I know its mean to say that people who do their own contracts get what they deserve, but you must know that if you are paying a couple hundred thousand dollars for something it just might have been worth spending $600 on a lawyer to do a proper contract for you.

You'll get calls from all kinds of people who think they may have some money coming. 

Go to meetings to network, meet people, find deals.

So I will be mainly focusing on South Florida where I have people, resources, and experience.

Was wondering if other people went down this avenue

What’s your process for vetting and selecting the right people for your team?

The people that will suffer the most from a bad economy will be renters.

@Christin Dorfling it's not if you're willing to go there as needed at least to get started - build a network, go to meetups, walk properties, meet people, etc..  

Just had a quarterly Bank advisory meeting for small towns and areas  All technical people are Harding to get.