I'm not sure paying someone informally would count as "an employee".

It's not their fault O can't count.

Therefore I have learned not to count on it in any past of my investing strategies.It goes back to the old and now what seems time worn adadge..."

If you count apts, I'm over 200.

Matt, I don't have enough fingers to count the amount of times you cme into a thread and post your thoughts in an exact contrast and then spill off how lease options are the best way to go.I believe Scott said it best, take off your agent hat and start thinking like an investor!

Ryan...Congratulations... a profit and valuable lessons learned... how can you not count that as a huge success.There are a lot of investors who have learned that the street is not a foregiving or inexpensive teacher.You did good!

When you count his cost of checking out the 300 properties or so to find 100 to bid on, his real acquisition cost is probably close to 80% of ARV.

You might on occasion hit a home run like I did but I wouldn't count on it happening too often.

Now that I have decided to go down this road, I want to know I can count on a deal going through when push comes to shove.

If you are counting on your memory to serve you, you might have some issues.