Bad credit, no savings, a low-paying W-2 job, etc.

If that doesn't work, you may end up taking it to court.This is obviously a bad relationship and you should never rely on your father to help purchase a vehicle, even temporarily.

In your experience as a realtor what has been your most cost effective strategy to generate quality leads ?

If you are not equipped to, then do something else...or get equipped to.SDIRA's have solutions to every problem he mentioned. 

I don't think you can fix thisPlease note that the Auction site counter bids themselves on behalf of the owner to bring price closer to reserve.I am sometime bid on a property for 2-3 months until price is within my desirable rangeDon't buy a bad deal just because you cant a good deal

Sometimes we have to be cold hearted, although we might feel bad for tenants, previous owners (in this case), etc.

If you have the mindset that you are there to serve your tenant (customer), then you will be much more successful in my opinion (of course in business, sometimes you need to fire bad customers!)

I’ve found better quality hoods, fans, and lighting fixtures cheaper than the big stores or than my contractor can find them.

I became interested in part because my family was in a bad car accident where 2 kids street racing hit us and almost killed the 4 of us including my 5 month old son and 3 year old daughter. 

Very few have tha cajones to go in when the market is bad like in 2009.