I would have people do at least some of this work you will lose time  market if you don't. 

As far as outcomes... the goal would be to simply make quality connections with people and exchange some form of contact information with those quality connections.

I like people that have been through good and bad and are still here. 

There are 2 types of people who dog on Detroit.. 1.

I was initially looking to buy a lot in Northern IL, and my agent alerted me that there have been some scams where people are posing as the owners of lots that they do not truly own, and then somehow potential buyer gets taken for the EMD.

I wouldn't touch this property with someone else's 10 foot pole.I don't do ANYTHING with foundation work.There are people who do, and that's awesome for them.

The lender wants to be made whole - which sometimes does not happen - they take a hit.

It's a bit of a quiet area but local people may find a STR of interest there.

Some people have different goals in mind when going into it.

I’ve heard of people getting rehab loans where you put down %20 of the acquisition price and %20 for the rehab and you get much better terms than an HML.