The only thing that could, in my little damaged brain logic, make sense that the attorney would be so confident to side-step the noticing, hence the civil rights of equitable (possessory) owners is because of a strong relationship (?)

If I can rinse and repeat this a few times, I hope to build up capital (and confidence) and maybe will start to cherry pick a few to keep for cash flow.

That could be a much better experience than a "phone drone".We just want the seller, at every step of the way, to feel like they have found the solution to their problem (us), so they will stop searching for other investors (yes, they do that) and engage with us.Think about creating a great experience for the seller.  

It's helping to give me more of a clue, but networking through your local REIA and talking to people who are actually doing it will help boost your confidence a lot.

I just don't get it.. not sure why folks that want to sell RE or flip it just don't get a license to engage in RE activities there are many bonuses that come with being licensed.

Go down streets that you never turn down and talk to people you normally would shy away from engaging.

they get stuck with a sfr in sunny socal walking distance to the beach for a few years. for 99% of my investors, that is a fairly acceptable worse case scenario, it gives them confidence in investing.

I am personally contemplating how much debt I am comfortable working with and trying to find a balancing point that I can feel very confident with

Specifically, I'll be: A) Engaging with BiggerPockets actively to learn and share what I have learned in the past 15 years of investing. 

I'm pretty confident that it was the real landlord.