You can get yourself caught up in "equity stealing"You don't want to be in court defending a $10k assignment fee because you put a 20k offer on a little old ladies house then sold the contract for 30k.

It may differ for you, but these are the kind of guys (it’s usually guys here ladies) who will put in the extra hours and get things moving in the right direction.

I ask as a lady on one of the podcasts said she got 30 houses under contract in a month, but then only went through with a handful of those?

After speaking with her, she sounded like an older Russian lady that spoke very good English but was pretending she didn't understand the numbers to work a better deal.A Week before closing the wholesaler calls me and tells me he does not want to deal with the lady anymore because she keeps asking for a discount to take care of the problems in the house (some plumbing and cabinets needed to be replaced, est. $4,500).

I am unwilling to gamble 20 years of slow and steady building for a shot at a quick profit. 

In San Fran you can get $2M for a pristine "painted lady" but not here!

Got a call off my direct mail campaign from a lady who is thinking about selling her rental and wants me to make an offer but she said I cannot see the house.  

My parent's home is across the street from an elementary school, and it has since become an extremely valuable place to live.High schools are more of a gamble.

I'm standing in line at the local Kroger Supermarket the lady behind me had a few people come up to her asking how her brother was doing ?

I was renting separate rooms to two ladies and the personalities collided and I had to play ref.