It's also a numbers game which means to make many offers on a regular basis. 

@Lee Ripma I've thought about being the bank, When you're funding deals are you funding the entire deal (to include all rehab) and being the First position, or are you funding Acquisition/Down payment only requiring your borrower to have "Skin in the game" and leaving you in 2nd position?

We currently live in Fort Payne Alabama.Right now we are searching for a house for us to finance and live in. I

I am less positive about how well blockchain is going to change the rules of the game.

I have offered 145k where as the remaining note on the house is for 135k with the reinstatement fee figured in. I

So I just lost a round in this game with a 7 year old fridge that was failing to cool but was clearly not the compressor.

What is going to be your niche in the REI game?

My background is in transportation logistics, so managing tons of moving parts and being ahead of the game is at the core of our business model.

Although I suspect that's how/why I found my way here -- trying to learn about this whole game.

@Angel McClinton, I'm in the game on fourplexes in NW Houston, specifically Cypress and Spring.