It's always great to have a support system and connections who can help you through the process - especially for your first one!  

I feel like I have more skin in the game to make the repair correctly than the seller does while he offloads the property. 

Note that I do not put a lot of time into due diligence until the "contract to hold" meeting, when they put some skin in the game.At the "contract to hold" meeting, I collect an amount equal to one month's rent.

You need to make sure to frame your offer from the perspective of an appraiser and supply supporting information to justify a lower offer than asking.Cash doesn’t mean much in this market unless they are highly motivated and need to close quickly or have multiple offers with contingencies.

Sharing the numbers with an easy to understand setup to educate my clients, thorough due diligence support, negotiation of price and terms and keeping the deal alive through three delays from the lender over the holidays.

Yes, folks, MAREI make money when you buy training: Money used to pay for the meeting room, money used to support the networking and training events, money used to manage their online groups on your behalf (MAREI'S is just shy of 10,000), to advocate on your behalf, and because doing all of that is a full time plus job for one or even two people, it pays them money to live on or it pays staff to do the work.

The seller disclosure states that the house has had foundation issues before, but was remedied with support beams.

AlexBUT I had to get the back support plate $11, turntable coupler $4.75, bolts $11.61 & push out a dent in the side.

So you may want to take that into consideration when you're deciding on a platform (one that offers different forms of support; email, phone, chat, 7-days a week).Aside from providing the basics, some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

The best part about is it you already have some experience to support it.