With multiple investment properties you have a history and track record as an investor. 2.

I worked as a project manager at Service Master in the past and dealt with multiple mold houses.  

The bedroom has oak but there are multiple water stains and contractor said wouldn't be worth replacing.  

You may not need a lot of money to start but you will be competing with some who have large budgets, send out thousands of mailers monthly, maintain multiple websites, hire answering services, and attend many meetings to keep themselves in front of buyers. 

Recently watching webinars, listening to podcasts etc, This week I learned about making multiple offers.

You can even have them run searches on those corporate names to see if you find multiple cash transactions in one year.

Varying types of personalities and getting to success in multiple avenues.I might go on agents online today for old times sake to see what it's like now..... : )

I think having multiple contractors giving you estimates is always a good idea until you have worked with one you can trust, especially when two of them may have completely opposite opinions on the same repair. 

This seems like it could potentially tie up a fair bit of capital and would make it difficult to bid on multiple properties simultaneously.  

I have multiple calls in to real estate attorneys but have heard nothing back.