So, she was VERY specific about fonts, templates, even the style of stamps to use on direct mail, even going as far to say, "If you don't have a cute puppy or horse in the background of your letter, your response rate will drop from my typical 12% to the average 1-2% response rate".

So in your estimation, if I'm required to put money down with a hard money lender, what would you say is the sweet spot in terms of how much funds I should have prior to even sitting down with said hard money lender?

I eventually scored a sweet deal.I took long break from mailing but started again.

I got it under contract on Valentine's Day and it dragged through the Probate process for 5 months, but I finally double closed on it and made a sweet $7550 check!

I also picked a few sweet deals when they used to advertise their highly distressed properties with a red box around them, and the label "ALL BIDS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THIS PROPERTY".

Like anything, there's a sweet spot where profit is good and work/risk is acceptable. 

Sweet!

There is always a sweet spot between A and B. 

Don't worry about all your goals at one time hard to keep all the puppies in the basket.

If this deal is sweet, maybe we can work something out.