One thing that I do when I am looking for a single family is narrow my search down to 3-4 properties that all look equally good on paper then have my wife take a look at them and have her rank them.  

It will help you start to narrow down areas of interest, too.

Once I narrowed it down I go with my agent to see the properties first hand.Still not getting any scores, so I spoke to my agent, and she suggested I deal with LA directly and I may be losing deals because seller agents aren't double dipping on my offers.Then I moved to a phase I will call up LA directly to inquire and request showings, when they asked who I am I tell them I am a cash buyer who can act fast once I see the property, but "I travel a lot and may use a buyer agent to represent me if I am too busy or not available..." and to gauge the LA's reaction.

That might help narrow the geographic location down.Best of luck to you.

I haven't mailed any letters yet and I wanted to get some insight on how you narrowed down your niche to mail to.

Conrad S. take a look at rentometer.com and see if you can narrow it down to your area.

I'd then suggest narrowing your focus next year into mastering ONE business.

I would recommend narrowing your focus based on a couple of things.  

Such as: would i have to narrow my options of buyers to 55+ or could I assign it to someone younger for them to rent it out the the 55+ etc. i have a feeling some to most retirement communities don't allow renters.

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