They go and deal with easier targets (who call themselves landlords but don't even have an application) and it costs me 5 cents (the cost of a copy) to get rid of them!

This will help to make sure your endeavors are easier, successful, enduring, and your goals are met.

Take the $5K check and walk, or sit on the property with existing financing and wait for the bigger payday down the road and cash flow that will eventually appear with rent raises (and hope the due on sale doesn't get called!)?

Feels nice, and cleans easier.

Having a better understanding makes the process easier and more successful.Best of luck with your future ventures.

It gets easier/faster with experience.

Seems a whole lot easier to go room through room to them before they move in and go over the checklist together.

Most of them also seem focused on 2000 or newer homes but there appears to be at least one buying 1990 and newer.

I think, once you can leave your 'day job', it really becomes much easier to have fun at your day job.

"Bid rigging is a form of fraud in which a commercial contract is promised to one party even though for the sake of appearance several other parties also present a bid.