I read this section over and over as it gave at least a road map to how the domino's fell the last time we had this collection of challengesSecond Ray was big on the following process: Set and Execute on Audacious Goals, Fail, Learning Principles, Improve, More Audacious Goals ... cycle continuesIn the end a great read and again I find it so sad that I had not heard of Bridgewater or Ray Dalio before I picked up his book.Z

I met a potential tenant yesterday who balked at every requirement (extra rent for his pet, paying for the credit check/background search, online rent payment).

You can do it......One book that really helped me is Credit Secrets from Scott/Allison Hilton, but again I'm sure you can find something on improving your credit on BP.Have Faith and Good LuckJoanne

How to find such people - you can use the search feature on BP to look for syndicators and/or you can join local REI clubs and network your way through to syndicators.

I'm willing to pay them a nominal hourly rate, but invest more of my own time in searching for ways to get them involved in more of the 'big picture.' 

Especially with Dodd Frank and the teeth in the CFPB complaint line https://www.google.com/search?

Should I pass and get a day job or search for the $25k and go for gold? 

They are ambitious, accomplished, and because of it have spent a lot of time locked away in rooms in great schools and office buildings studying and working hard to improve their futures.And I'll be damned if many of these simps don't end up with life partners whose most developed talent in life is spotting a good fresh simp in a bar or on a website, getting their hooks into him, and sucking all the potential, talent, and verve out of him for the next five or six decades.Don't be that guy.

Where does my calculation need improvement?

@Brandon Sturgill @Brad Clarizio Taking a simple search at current Columbus market, & listings,  Median Sales Price $160,000 and Zillow is usually skewed in the higher end.