.- Over a 10 year period cashflow will increase as rents increase (rents typically rise faster than property taxes, insurance, etc.)- The property should be appreciating, if purchased in a good location, increasing the owner's equity/wealth.- Rents will be paying the mortgage off, increasing the owner's equity/wealth.- If you hold a rental until death, you can pass it on with a stepped-up cost basis, limiting captial gains if then sold (limited by inheritance tax limitations).Too many newbies on this site trying to replace their day job income via "passive" real estate investing w/o digging deep enough to understand how it really works.

Even if PS had 100% accuracy, it wouldn't matter.It is about whether or not these people are motivated and I promise you 99.9% of these people PS will feed you are NOT motivated.So you should be thankful you only have a 20% success rate getting contact info, because if they gave you 100% contact info you would go bankrupt MUCH faster sending all these people mailers.Nothing can target motivated sellers, NOTHING can.

The SubTo community has become bro-fueled tupperware sales and Acme/Avon downlines.Anything creative is best done with complete transparency and the entire premise of SubTo is not transparent.

But having a backup or two isn’t a bad idea, especially if deals start flowing faster than one person can handle.Good luck finding the right team!

Additionally, working in a small-town market taught us how to effectively price properties for faster sales without compromising profit.

They have overhead with staff, fuel, supplies, etc. 

What I've found is that it offers too many configurations and if the user isn't aware of what the outcomes are, it can actually make them loose more money faster.

Nothing changes behavior faster than, “Oh, you broke the rules?

If you are just downloading data room info from brokerage sites and plugging into a model, you are refining your skills on the "act", which is certainly necessary and helps make the process faster.  

I think right now is trying to find the right price to sell at to attract attention and get them liquidated faster is the MO right now.