I am married with 2 beautiful children and looking to build a portfolio for my family longterm future.

One said the seller could provide a deed of Sellers choosing including a quit claim deed. that is a major red flag.

I've been to Atlanta and it was beautiful from what I've seen. 

However, once the water bill was in the red for (literally) 2cents from current tenant.  

I'd encourage you to come up with objective criteria so it is easier to make an objective decision.I look for applicants with income in a sweet spot - they lose points for having high income, because it is a red flag of why aren't hey looking for a better place.  

This avoids let me think it over.Three negotiate and discover how motivated they are to fix the problem, I do this by asking how they feel about many different solutions, will sing it with another agent another company, how we feel about property managers, how they feel about for sale by owner, etc.Four if there's a lot of equity, talk about some cash now and some cash later, using notes, leases, etc.Lastly use a "what if" statement in step fiveA "what if" statement might sound something like this:"Mr. and Mrs. seller, we've been through a lot today, I do want to ask you one or two more questions, and basically it's the kind a solution I can provide for you, you may not like the solution and if you don't then I'll pack up and go, but I think after talking to you it's the best solution....what if I could arrange a payment coming to you over a period of time, I don't know 24 or 36 months, then whenever the existing balance is, say it's $110,000 (i'm inserting this number) and that's a good guess, but you will receive a payment over 24 to 36 payments to pay your principal interest taxes and insurance, and then whatever your balance on your mortgage would be paid off in full, at the end of the 24 to 36 months, and I don't even know if I could get that done for you, because  I need to talk it over with my business partner, he does all the contracts( this is called appeal to a higher authority)...if I can get this done for you, it would take about 45 days to do, so someone would move into this beautiful house, make a payment for 24 to 36 months and then pay off your mortgage in full, Is that something to even talk about or should we just scrap that idea?

We are home to the most family friendly sugar white beaches, university/college towns & part of one of the fastest growing counties in the country due to great schools, safe environment, low traffic, low taxes and beautiful clean neighborhoods.

Anyone asking for money up-front should raise a red flag.Listen to the BP Podcasts, attend local REIA and if you can most likely find a mentor there for free.

And of course being a true red blooded RE flipper I went right out and bought an airplane LOL.But point is she does both and kills it...

It is beautiful up and Snohomish.