As far as investors contacting trades directly to work for them directly, yes; happens constantly.

I was on the phone constantly with PM's, city inspectors, tenants calling me directly, .... just a huge headache.  

@Jaysen Medhurst Don't necessarily have a particular market in mind at the moment as I am not sure where to even start looking, but New Britain seems to a place that constantly see brought up in the discussions.

Because I have listened to hundreds of hours of podcasts and books and I was constantly seeking more knowledge because I never thought that I knew enough.

My creative juices are constantly sparked with each new update into the next one, and I don't want to waste the ideas, so...You know the old saying, "Waste is a terrible thing to mind",...or something like that. 

@Lien VuongI have a couple RE agents constantly looking for deals that fit my parameters as well as a couple wholesalers.

We found this just by constantly looking through available properties online.

I looked at building my own platform and then after the cost involved and time to get it built you have to constantly service it, add to it, and update it.I decided to use a platform similar to Juniper.Smaller syndicators might use an unknown platform just created because it might be a step up from their excel spreadsheets but mid to larger size syndicators do not typically want those platforms.

Consumer spending has not changed in the last 10 years to even be a blip on an investors radar.people renting homes is not newpeople leasing cars is not newpeople renting movies is not newThe only thing that is new is the media's constant pursuit of more and more sensational headlines, because it doesn't matter if the story is true or not, what matters is that the you clicked on their article.

Ive been monitoring the mls constantly.