When it's all said and done they will be a cash cow and have a nice equity chunk to boot.

For those, the money spent , might have been better spent on buying or starting a business.Jon H- what about all the other grads that get a degree, go to work for a company(like Shell), take their 9 week boot camp and discover they hate it?

Some sellers get extremely angry and combative when they receive a correctly priced (but low in their opinion) offer, and I want to avoid that initial reaction.

@Osho Berman @Julian Inoue  If you are going to have multiple doors out of state at some point you have to have reliable boots on the ground.   

Show up at his house at 6:30 AM in the snow with your boots on ready to work with him to complete.

(older inventory is asking for bigger repair & maintenance expenses)I would suggest you temper the reach for yield and instead target higher quality inventory that will require less intensive management.As far as geography goes, I would pick an area where you have some trusted eyes & ears with boots on the ground.

@Alicia Boots,Did you read the PM that I sent you?

It's always great to have new experienced guys here on the site -and a Note Investor to boot!

Again, may be it's a coincidence, may be not.I am just sick of playing the game not knowing if a property has someone lined up already with an inside track.Right now, there is not a whole lot I can do to combat the situation or having to waste time.A couple of thoughts.1.

He said that from a psychological level , they become less combative about paying late fee.