Take advantage of long term investment benefits - stomach the dips/rises & retire by 60, have a maid do my laundry/clean my house/cook my food, live in an area with nice weather, workout every day, ride motorcycles, drive sports cars, do track days, visit Vegas whenever I want.I plan to do this with income properties - buy a duplex, 3-4 unit, and into the bigger (15-20 unit) closer to retirement.Long Beach investors - hit me up!

@Maria Bedolla make sure you hit @Chad Clanton meet-up first wednesday of the month.  

Yes, so if still I get them the deal and they turn and run to another realtor and list the finished product with them, I'll blacklist them and let everyone know that I come across to keep your guard up when working with that person or group, explaining everything I did and what we had agreed to of which they didn't keep their word.There is a small population here on BP who are total jerks and will hit you below the belt.  

If we wait until the property hits the MLS it will be too high and get big up by rookie investors.

We would enjoy a resource that would allow us to scale our efforts more efficiently. 

The recession hit Dayton hard but it is recovering. 

Im guessing that was added in mine over 100 years after the home was constructed.While this property has a lot going against it...it probably has zero chance of appreciation....if you could get it for close to $20k, and have $10k into repairs, and get the rents up to $1200...then you should be looking at a property that hits 4%.

All good answers, but sometimes it is just they haven't managed or established their credit scores yet, or got hit by an unexpected expense like medical bills, that destroyed their credit.  

Hit me up if you are interested in talking or meeting up.

If the lease is under $600, then that $300 security deposit reduction would be a rather nasty hit.