I would like to offer without an agent on some deals I have found on my own both on Realtor.com and off market facebook groups  1) am I insane to try purchasing my first property without an agent?

I am a rookie and trying to buy my first rental property to start my real estate portfolio.

If you don't have a well aligned lock they tend to try to relock and when the deadbolt doesn't engage that drains the battery.

I assume your question means that you don't have any money of your own, to which my advice would be: go make some money first, then worry about trying to buy RE.

How would you go about trying to scale ?

I tried to refi but the rent will not cover my debt.

Where they are taking the hit on the expense end by trying to keep the total sale price at a normal point.

These same owners also have no problem paying an attorney or CPA $150/hour or more.Many owners also don't respect their PMCs and try to treat them like a personal assistant at their beck & call.

Hello, I am trying to figure out the best way to approach getting into real estate in boise.

You can try for whatever, but 50:50 is likely all they will go for.