Trim the fat and you’ll be more lean.

Of all these properties, I’ve seen two in real life before purchasing.Slight difference, he's a wholesaler:1) Has no clue of the mystery true buyer will give him a fat check or not beyond his own say-so.2) Has $0 dollars tied in escrow so no loyalty to the deal, which I think is immoral to make the seller take all the risk in reliance3) Thinks he's screwing over the seller at a low price.

Many years ago, stock brokerage had fat commissions.   

@Dustin MatheniaSeller originally wanted to rent it out. since he lives in CA, a sale and receipt of a lump sump would result in a extremely high tax burden, thats why he would consider seller financing, but of course wants to get as many eggs as he can in his basket, and wants to charge interest upfront.

Accumulate $50,000 as fast as you can in the account.4) Read the "Education" links at the top of this site (when you are not working).

@Scott Trench’s first book was basically about being as financial responsible as you can in life...riding a bike to work over spending money on a car and house hacking so you have no housing payment.

We are now trying to buy as much as we can in East Cleveland.

they will make their money in any corner they can.

Now I have fat reserves, fat equity and don't mind purchasing with cash .I use private lenders vs commercial loans and you couldn't get me to blanket collateralize multiple properties if you paid me. 

All the Meetups I attend seem to be at Tex-Mex places, which I like, but someone who can't eat dairy/carbs/fat/meat would have a hard time.