@Kyle ScholnickI agree with you that the numbers presented on many turn-key companies' listings can be way too optimistic, if not unrealistic altogether. 

I really want to get started on investing in real estate, but am I being completely unrealistic thinking this can happen?

I have found that their ARVs are unrealistically high, but their repair estimates seem reasonable.Their business model is identical to another Texas based company, so one of the companies is just copying the other...

(Des Moines is an area on my radar)   for example https://www.redfin.com/WA/Des-Moines/403-S-192nd-St-98148/home/338852  has been on the market a while so a semi-aggressive offer would not be an unrealistic move, though its probably on the "habitable fixer" end of things and I understand that with a child in school you may be a lot more selective about location,  neighborhood area etc.    

I dropped by that thread & broke down in great detail why an over the top communication level would be unrealistic & unattainable to expect.

I wholesale here in South Florida MLS deals and Off market deals - I m just humbling saying that at my opinion it all starts with motivation and knowing your Buyers - MLS deal I focus on more on the properties and areas where I know my buyers like the most to fix/flip or fix/rent - kinda of reverse wholesaling and then I look for those kind of MLS deals and I work with the Agents - if the seller is motivated and I know my Buyers are ready I present offers that makes sense - for sure not $ 1,000 EMD with 15 days inspections - we need to talk the Agent's language -this works well for meon the other note I come sometimes across Off market deals where Seller are not so motivated or totally unrealistic and their asking price is not making sense - so at the end of the day what I want to say that a good deals is a good deal - no matter MLS or Off market -  for me it is all about motivation and having a solid buyer's listI totally see where you are coming from, but this is factually wrong (i.e. not opinion, fact).So first, I don't think you understand the concept of a motivated seller.You say that you come across off-market deals where the seller is not motivated.

Originally posted by @Kai Sato-Franks:@Brian Geiger I don’t disagree with Ramsey on buying in cash but it just seems unrealistic for a lot of people (like me).

The original plan was to try to get one by April when my apartment lease is up, but that is starting to seem a little unrealistic for a lot of reasons.

If half of the 7% forebearance housholds get forclosed on (which is an unrealistic high assumption, thye have equity and can sell, get a check at closing) that means we will jump from 1% distressed sales to 4.5%.

@Keaton RobersonYour estimates might be a tad high but not necessarily unrealistic I don't think.