For cold areas I could see doing more of them purely for aesthetic reasons.  

As far as pure negotiation tactics, gather as much info as you can about why the seller is selling and see how you can help the seller.

When it comes time to start picking up purely investment properties, I think this duplex will have given us a little more knowledge and a little more experience that will be super beneficial.It's been a lot of work no doubt to learn- spent 12 hours at the computer on one of the days this weekend to properly get all of our accounts set up and start tracking everything in our personal finance software- but it's well worth the effort.

Because of my cash position I view insurance (for now) purely as a financial product to protect my investment principal.The quotes that I've been getting come in around 2% of the total cash paid out for these properties.

What your going to do is work your *** off weekends and nights fixing this crapper up so it's decent, make it charming, get Craig list help for 8 bucks an hour.. they may have bad criminal backgrounds so watch your stuff but work them like no tomorrow ok, and do this off your extra income your making per month and ALSO be finding another car to flip on the side to fund this fix up of used wood, old doors, some paint and a LOT of HARD LABOR...but here is the key, by doing this if you BOUGHT WELL BELOW MARKET on this UGLY house....guess what your doing. you are MULTIPLYING your value from your low cost labor and skills at finding good deals for free stuff to fix it up...This is pure brain spit so I am just typing as I think sorry...so....Here is the thing, IF you did this right, you took 1k and in less then 6 months you could and should be turning it into lets say 25k in profit when you sell this house that is now "nice" "cute" and a good "first time home owner home"so, that's one way to take 1k and start to become financially free, it's basically what I did but I started with a little more cash, and now my personal value after many deals has a decent amount of zeros in it.The really bad part is trust me when I say this the first part is THE WORST and the HARDEST. the more you do. the more capital you have access to the less work it becomes in a somewhat unfair exponential curve.  

He says, "It is purely due to the fact of how strong a borrower you are and how long our relationship goes back." 

“Do it every month, and you’re looking at $48,000 per year in pure profits.”So the idea of “Internet Royalties” struck a chord and prompted me to present this as a discussion in this section since it addresses innovative strategies.

Where I see the market for these stale or dead notes is purely among brokers and investors, passing them around the table like a dealer playing blackjack.

Or pay then to post twice a month in a regular basis ($50-60 per article for something someone actually wants to read, less it it's a pure SEO play).Like in a rehab, if you don't want to "manage the flooring guys" then you hire a supervisor.

If it was purely for investment purposes, I'd look at it differently perhaps...