In talks with my mentor who has done this numerous times, as long as you are making the payments, the bank does not care who owns the property and will not call the note due.

I want people to be able to utilize my relationship building skills and my ability to get across from numerous people at one time.

However, every deal is unique and has its own risks and rewards that must be weighed. 

Many suggests cold calling, door knocking, and farming your base etc but after listening to numerous podcasts I'm hearing that door knocking and the "beggar" approach isn't necessary with proper marketing but that's where they left you hanging.

Trying to figure out how any injury or traumatic experience qualified you but yes they do disserve some reward for the things they had to go through.

Just remember that these forms of campaigns take time and repetition to be effective, you may need to send a property owner 3 postcards and a yellow letter before they decide to call you so do not give up on a method until you have given it a thorough try.I hope your efforts reward you greatly,Allen Fletcher 

I can give you anecdotal evidence - there were numerous 1BRs that sold for below 100k around 2010, for example on Summer St and Glenbrook road.

I don't want to be somebody who just reaps the rewards without contributing.

I have been absorbing them and have heard numerous episodes that address your very question.   

The approach my investor had was straight talk about the numerous issues he saw, some of which were not mentioned by the GC:  foundation, water damage that may have come from the outside, perhaps from the runoff from the neighboring property, rotted base boards in the corner (water damage) that could mean deeper issues.