You cannot hold yourself accountable if a general partner has a gambling problem and decides he needs a lot of cash because Guido is going to break his legs. 

The answer is .. you are absolutely not.The only thing you are doing with letters, or mailers is blindly try to reach as many people as possible hoping you reach a motivated seller.That to me is not marketing, that is guessing, gambling.

I work with numerous long distance investors and most of them pick an out of state market to invest in AFTER they build a small portfolio closer to home.

If they are just selling to get top dollar they might be more willing to gamble and hope it appraises for higher and they are ok with having to go back on market.

She ignored numerous emails last year and failed to respond timely to questions that I had that would have saved me tens of thousands.

Hi Kiley,I've come across numerous investors who flipped the entire time among a 20-30 career and never held anything and every single one regrets it.

It can be a gamble at that point, but if you've got that many inquiries, you'll likely get a good deal from someone that really wants it.

Your real estate “Rolodex”and numerous other factors 

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We have done versions of this numerous times.