A person who can execute on a decent idea, will be infinitly more successful then the person with a brilliant idea without the ability to implement, execute, deliver. 

For better or worse, I think the economic drivers of the lack of inventory and huge appreciation we have seen in certain areas are sustainable.  

. - New product supply - population growth - job growth - cost of construction - cost of landBasically job/population growth coupled with barriers to entry will help drive rents. 

I know this is a loaded question, but it seems like I can't get a property to put out a positive cash flow and am wondering if I am doing something incorrect in my data entry and assumptions or if there are really that few truly good deals out there at an advertised listing price.2. is there a way in the calculator to set a desired cash flow or rate of return along with expected financing, income and expenses, then back-calculate the sale price that would deliver these results (besides re-running and editing the sale price myself)?

3) delivered a electric fireplace for the master bedroom of our latest flip in Cleveland4) lunch with my wife and parents5) cleaner, watched football, had a few Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ales6) year end accounting ..

You can definitely build a real estate investment business that will deliver the results you want.  

This is typically delivered as a due diligence item over the course of escrow and negotiated into your purchase agreement so have your agent include that clause.If they have financial reports, I'd request those too so that you can dissect how they arrived at the 9% cap rate advertised.

Rather than tell you how great my company is or how I deliver good service let me tell you a little about myself.I work 100% with real estate investors and I also invest myself in Rehabs, Wholesaling, and Rental property.

Options are bought, sold, assigned, financed along with contracts to deliver assets everyday. :)

Once there were men delivering ice to homes for their ice box to preserve food.