So far I've consumed the first 70 of the first 90 podcasts (high to low) in 2 months while I've shadowed a flipper, knocked on doors, networked etc to get my feet wet.

They get paid more of a bird dog fee than as a partner.It is absolutely true that most people are consumed by their own priorities than yours therefore their deals will always take precedence over yours.  

Hi Marylyn,Numbers look fine moving forward.First, I never give any credence at all to BBB ratings, meaningless as they are consumer oriented and, the good standing often comes from the membership fees and donations of the business, it's more of a PR concept than a regulatory type oversight of members operations.Principles on the lease are critical as to guarantors.

Doing showings one at a time is too time consuming.

Under the waiver of the rule, you could buy a house, fix it up and resell it as quickly as possible to a buyer using an FHA residential loan — provided that you followed guidelines designed to protect consumers.

This is a time consuming process and I actually oversee it personally because of my direct knowledge of the properties and tenancy but the 8 hours per year I put into it will save us approx $10,000-$35,000 (Mostly Cook County) per year on the batch of 125 resi we contest and another $60,000-$75,000 of the industrial/retail we manage.The difference in savings is really based on the amount of properties we are buying because we generally purchase vacant so the first 18 months we use the vacancy factor to contest.  

My now ex-property manager steered me away from vouchered tenants, to my dismay, and toward lower-paying, less reliable market tenants because qualifying a property through the inspection requirements of Baltimore's Housing Choice Voucher Program (Baltimore's moniker for Section 8) is more demanding and time-consuming.

Generally, such a project looks like it fits into the County/City General Plan.Presently I am in the process of changing my business model towards Note Arbitrage and this could be highly lucrative but time consuming.

Chad:Saw your post about courthouse auctions.Here are a couple of sites I look through to see if there's anything worthwhile.http://publicnotices.molawyersmedia.com/http://www.substitutetrusteecorp.com/sales.phpThe first one can be time consuming, but you can find some that might be worthwhile.I've found some of the main website, Hubzu, Auction, and HomePath to be easier to find foreclosures.The courthouse can be a pain. 

How ever,  Credit Cards are also used as "hooks" by banks to get  the regular consumer in a bad habit of start carrying balances.