I've been reading and hearing a lot lately on how it's the quality of houses you buy, not the quantity.

I have been blessed to find numerous opportunities in the Houston area, but I wanted to get a feel of the folks here on BP since BP has been so great to me educational wise. 

I have numerous realtors looking for properties that fit my criteria, along with wholesalers, I spend about 3 to 5 hours every night without fail on the internet looking at probably 15 different real estate sites to see what has come and gone from the market in my area.

I'm not sophisticated enough in real estate yet to know if that is really true or if because I'm an unknown quantity to this lender they are just not going to risk it.

Other than finding an awesome realtor on craigslist we've also had numerous prospective sellers contact in response to our advertisements on the site.

Explain the numerous times you asked about having better communication and would it get him to respond faster and would he treat your need for quick response if the price was 10% instead of 8%.

I have done numerous rehabs for others but am ready to do it for myself but lack the capitol.

Some are dual pane.First estimate company was high at 2,400 for 18 panes of glass.Next company seems good but I do not know what glass costs.Estimate is exterior glass windows quantity 11 double panel 15 7/8 by 43 3/4 alum 1/4 and glass 1/16Double Panel quantity 6 - 28 by 44 Alum 1/4 Glass 1/161,700 with labor all in and materials.Exterior french door glass 20 by 64 all in for 125 parts and labor.

Thinking of approaching numerous realtors who are handling various lenders foreclosures/HUD/VA homes to let them know I'm in the market instead of just using the 1 or 2 realtors I am now dealing with.

You are apparently good at doing your research, trust it, and your gut, no matter the seasoning of an investor that wants to "help" get you a good deal.If I had not done my own analysis, and had agreed to some "great deals" from a very "seasoned" local investor, who "befriended" me, I would have got stuck with numerous properties that I could not have sold retail, and I would been stuck with rentals with terrible loans, in a business model I had no interest in.Sometimes a lot of seasoning just covers up bad meat.