Bottom line is new investors are just like new real estate agents.They will try to suck you dry of the little money you have so they can make hundreds of thousands to millions for themselves.If you really want a specific course you can by for cheap from EBAY at a fraction of the cost.I think it's very funny a lot of these SYSTEMS people are creating for marketing.

Fact is the Investor market in my area is drying up/ moving into cash offers only and I try to put out as many offers as possible but is asking my agent to draft 5-10 offers a week asking too much?

You may have to talk to 30 lenders, 7 brokers, everyone at church, and the dry cleaner...

There have been several times when it's been tempting to walk away but we really aren't the kind of crew to leave people high and dry.

I had a tenant move out and had to shampoo the carpet 4 times with lots of Odoban to get the smell out.

I have loads to learn and I'm like a dry sponge dumoed in a pool.

HML are definitely slowing down, or drying up. 

Investigate if maybe he's dried up because he took his theoretical profit at the beginning, and/or if he needs more money because he isn't going to make as much as he thought.At this point, I would notify him in writing to stop all work on the premise, pending your further conversation with him.

Don't buy a home with a flat roof -  roofs are expensive and flat ones usually need maintainence more often ( luckily CA is dry!). 

For bigger things like 20 dry walls, they deliver.