All the preparation in the world could not have made my first deal smooth sailing.

This is the place to get educated and network as you prepare to buy your first rental property!

For him to be this motivated, he would reasonably wish to be paid all at once through cash or bank financing.If you wish for him to take a SF deal, you'll need to be prepared to create a valuable note from his perspective.

If you insist on doing it yourself, go to the courthouse and pull the case files on other QT actions.  

You also have to be prepared for the question, "how did you get my phone number?"  

That being said, there is a lot of competition at the auctions these days and the chance of an "amazing deal" not being recognized and bid on (and probably bid way up) is slim to none in my experience.If you're interested in auctions though, there's nothing wrong with going to watch and see how it works so you'll be more prepared when you have the money to be an actual bidder. 

Listen to all the podcasts, read the books, forums,blogs and take action!

Visualize where you want your real estate activities to be in 10 years, work backwards and write down all the actions it will take to get there.

It is inevitably their decision as they are the ones who answer for your actions.

If anyone can offer tips about the actions I should take after I get one under contract using this strategy I am happy to hear input.