If so would you rather buy a car from somebody needing to sell it fast, knowing you could fix it up and make it worth more almost instantly or would you rather go buy a car at a used car dealership?  

Also add "If tenant does change locks, a key must be delivered to owner on demand." 

If you want off-market deals with little or no competition, you need to create and invest in a marketing plan that will deliver enough leads to convert into the number of deals to satisfy your goals.  

I know that seems far fetched but read on and learn a simple technique you can use to get paid while learning real estate.Here's the technique: APPROACH and PERSUADE a BIG real estate investor in your community to have you WORK for him in exchange for a commission or share of the profits that YOU deliver.

Funny, but you've created a nice instant "informative" poll and it's definitely telling us something. 

It's a great motivational speech which is basically a concise summary of Think and Grow Rich and The Strangest Secret, delivered by the late Dr.

Basic electrical issues I'll sort myself, but if it involves changing a breaker then I call someone in (not because I can't do it, but because I have a receipt from a professional), and over time I want to be able to show that we didn't bodge things together, but actually called real tradesmen in.Plus,when you use tradesmen for specific jobs, you get much better service when you really need someone to watch your back.For instance, we had a house just come out of rehab, tenant moved in and instantly we were having water issues, faucets turned on and no water.

Ended up looking at it - had the potential tenants look at the house and they liked it - they all agreed to sign a lease contingent on my buying the house delivering it to them appx May 1.  

If u talk to an Attorney and he doesnt know what an assignment or double closing is, u instantly find another one.

If you can get a property in this area for a price that will cover the mortgage, vacancies and repairs while delivering your desired cap rate or cash on cash return, then go for it.There is still a ton more to consider.