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Submit to ezinearticles.com and have a call to action in your bio box.Make sure you keyword optimize your articles so they get picked up high in SERPS.

Or buy and sell trying to optimize $$$ in your best interest only?

I just made a post on another thread here about Google Adwords that should help youhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/80/topics/17474-does-anyone-know-how-to-optimize-google-adword-campaigns-?

That took a lot of search engine optimization (SEO) work.So, for marketing I'm using the internet and "we buy houses"signs in the neighborhoods I would want houses in.I'm only targeting median house prices which has droppedto about $250k-$275k.Now I'm looking to develop a more consistent business.The Portland-Metro market hasn't been doing that.

I was thinking about joining RealtyTRAC and heard that the service they provided was less than optimal.

I will have to get a loan for the house, I won't have cash, well unless I get it for dirt cheap.I'm torn between the two plans, but I have time to figure it out while I learn as much as possible.I have gotten a lot of optimism in this forum, which will keep my fire burning.I would like to do some mock deals, practice if you will, and I'm not sure if I'm going about that the right way.I have a record of a bunch of homes under 100k, all foreclosures, and I'm scouting them and hoping to follow them through the sale and see if I was close to the sale price in my assessment.

Pay per click seems to bring in traffic within a few hours.Do you keyword optimize or just do PPC?

All BiggerPockets blogs will be SEO optimized.

Using the 40% for expenses I use because I'm willing to manage for free and I have optimism about the area, its right at $99.For rentals, though, you do need some cash in the bank to cover unexpected and expensive items like furnaces, evictions or tenant damage.