Hi all,This is a long story and not sure if this is the right place to ask about my situation, but here goes.About a year ago my mother passed away.

Thanks for sharing your story Roger! 

I'm a visual learner with a lot of project management background and know that sometimes I get too excited about building the spreadsheet so wanted to see what yours was like for inspiration so I'm sure not to go too deep.

I consider myself lucky and have so much gratitude towards them.Back to my story...Living with my folks has instilled this burning desire to get out on my own again.

You very well can go thorough a Dale Carnegie inspired conversation over the phone.

(We are landlords by accident...long story, happy ending;)Now...I have to start another thread about the interesting story with the 4 huge fish tanks we had to shuffle around endlessly thru-out this process...!

Long story short is the people did not have the down payment they stated they had The bank appraised it for $60k less than what they offered and the deal fell through.

Catching a single one is a different story entirely.You'll need to know who owns a property, how to locate the owner, convince them to sell, know what paperwork is involved, how to use it, MONEY, and how you'll benefit once the property becomes your responsibility.Hope you sort this out and make this work for you.

So right off the bat (from the moment I walked in and met her) I knew I was doomed.Long story short: The male seller and myself had a great conversation.

They got a % of the Gross Profit on the deal.I'm posting a more lengthy analysis of the project on the "Success Stories" section of the forum.