This also costs you more in time and mental energy.

Unfortunately the deal fell through before I really had a chance at it (intermediary waited too long to bring it to me, investor found another buyer), but this deal still felt like a good mental exercise so I wanted to share it with the BP community.

I have several masters degrees none in Real Estate  - they have provided me personal and mental growth, discipline and much more, all characteristics that have translated to my personal Real Estate success ... 

I don't understand the stock market mentality, and hate to see it being applied to real estate.

It's part of being in business, and it's not worth your time and mental energy.

I started in real estate back in the bay area where I worked as a real estate assistant for a small brokerage, and was then promoted to project manager for a real estate software they were developing (typical San Francisco).

Just make sure to pay the balance before the promotional rate expires, otherwise you get hit with astronomical interest rates.  

High risk investments are often promoted using the best possible return. 

I’ve built and used sales funnels to promote open houses, which are basically landing pages that capture email addresses and phone numbers of home buyers searching for a home.

It also has capabilities of pulling your listings right from MLS (if you are wanting to promote listings) and creating a splash page with flipbook, virtual tour and so forth, and sends it out to all the syndicates.