Love it that you guys are starting a grass-roots meetup!  

I am pushing to get letters/postcards out to those houses this month that I have found along with others I find through other marketing strategies.I would love to partner with some investors on future deals in the Maryland area and would like to know what investors in Maryland are currently seeking?

I would rather look at 50 deals all year to buy 4 at the right price then just to be buying feeling like I am pushing volume.

The tight inventory has been pushing prices up.  

Tight to the point it starts pushing up wages some.

It may be they don't dig  after  a certain point if the ground is frozen but if you push for an existing house where they shut off service. 

The banks I have reached out to say that I need to have an offer letter signed before I can apply for a loan, but my agent is telling me that a good offer needs to have a pre-qualification attached.How did others navigate this - am I just working with the wrong banks, or should I push for my agent to make offers with a contingency on the financing?

I bought my first house at barely 21, I'm now 34 and pushed my way into the 7 figure income.  

Way to push through and make a great profit from it!

Get used to cutting your loses and pushing forward instead of waisting time looking back. 99% of the time neither person wants to go to court - they simply want to move on with their lives.