It is totally fair for everyone to have their own agendas, the key is finding people who can create a symbiotic relationship, advancing both parties closer to their respective goals in the process.

Whether you are spending a few hundred dollars per property or a few hundred thousand dollars per property, you want to send personal, respectable, actionable OFFERS to a list of sellers that you have already scrubbed so you know they meet your criteria.Then, wait for the motivated ones to contact you back.

I thought she was full of bad gas, but I wanted to be respectful, and after spending an hour on Google I could not find anyone saying they charged a flat $300 and 20% but then I got to thinking if I was one of those snake sales men would I tell people i would over charge them on line?

However, I will respectfully disagree with any of the comments relating to cost, upkeep etc.

Him and His wife show around $88k and $99k combined income for the years 2014 and 2015 respectively.

My partners and I toured the vacants and then sat with the owner and his wife and answered their questions about our business, discussed our respective backgrounds, and tried to learn their motivation.

Treat their requests with respect and maintain reasonable boundaries.

Respectfully, I disagree with Thomas S. about month to month leases (MTM).  

With respect to transfer taxes, Delaware Statutory Trusts are employed in some jurisdictions to reduce transfer taxes associated with transfers of title.

With all due respect I thought that was the whole idea behind the Bigger Pockets forums.