I see too many people buy based on returns OR because its in the local area, and they never really give the strategy deep thought.

I won't get to deep with this but the system is set up to fail people yet they gladly follow it as the gospel.

They proclaim they had one of their investors pay for the purchase and renovation and they apparently have a deep pool of investors ready to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at each deal.

It would be cool to skip 2 steps, but if you don't yet know how to swim, I probably wouldn't start in the deep end.  

These are the one in a hundred.Tyrone, one investor may look at a property and determine that it is not a good deal because it does not fit into their particular investment strategy (flip/rehab/buy and hold etc) For example, some investors may want properties that need extensive work as long as they can buy at a deep discount and flip for a profit and other investors may buy turnkey properties that will cash flow for long-term buy and hold.  

I dropped the price $2k and sent it back out to my buyers list (only 20 deep) and put it on Craigslist.  

I am diving into a High End Waterfront Condominium Development Project.  

Then I start asking around for how others have handled getting this last piece in place [maybe a first piece for others]... and finally I take a deep breath and put on my "I CAN DO ANYTHING" hat [it gives me confidence, lol] and call up one of my friends with lots of money.Background:  I thought I couldn't go to any of my "rich" friends until I had at least one deal under my belt.  

By the way, if you will get a deep discounts and short money - you could sell some of the houses with a good profit and you will keep the rest paid off.

I am sure that is you do come up with a list of some kind it will be constantly changing, being added to and subtracted from but you may luck out and find someone with deep pockets.