Also, when you consider your expected return on investment divided by the total number of hours devoted to the search and eventual rehab, I wonder whether you are using your time most efficiently or whether the game is worth the candle, especially on a flip.  

So eventually I started doing comps myself instead of agents doing them, and I just asked them to verify the comps.Eventually I finally managed to do a deal and listed it with an agent.

I’m starting out in the real estate investing world and interested in buy and hold properties, I’m aiming towards buying small multi family homes that need some rehab to eventually rent them out.

The more you build that presence, reputation as the authority in your space, the leads will eventually come for free!

It helps to see the other side of things if your goal is to eventually buy & hold and flip.

I'm finding insurance companies either charge very high rates for roof replacement coverage or you can go with Actual Cash Value which means you'll likely eventually have to shell out some cash out of pocket for roof replacement. 

I'll be renting year round for the foreseeable future but the goal is to eventually have a vacation home that I at least broke even on.

My goal is not really appreciation in the property but to eventually cash flow.

Plus vampires tend to have large amounts of wealth eventually, so they can accommodate rent increases!

I eventually became an agent and now help a lot of people avoid those same mistakes.