I noticed that whereas I personally answer your telephone calls and letters, --- when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded,faceless entity which your bank has become.

Real estate coaching is often done by telephone.

., call on alarm system companies and people who sell life insurance to small businesses; call when you see a sign tacked up on a telephone pole offering health insurance to individuals or small business owners…all of these people traffic with our customer types).Check public records to find balloon notes filed at your local courthouse.Check public records to find private mortgages (person to person) filed at your local courthouse.UCC filings on equipment (Dunn and Bradstreet may be able to supply lists).Research classified ads for commercial properties and contact the seller or realtor.Network with CPAs, attorneys, and financial planners.Join your local Chamber of Commerce for lists of businesses in the community.Listen for radio ads directed at self-employed business owners and network with those companies who place the ads.Research tax sales on commercial properties.Contact leasing agents specializing in commercial properties.Being an IAP comes with commercial leads but always look for other sources as well.Realtors are always looking for lenders who handle commercial mortgages.Social media, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Craigslist, etc.Tips for calling on realtors: Call a local realtor and ask if they represent or list commercial properties for sale.

Beyond the lender's speech on the telephone that delayed financing is the way to go, how do we ensure that if we were to choose to go forth with this option, that delayed financing is guaranteed and at 75% of purchase price we paid?

I get email/telephone numbers for my tenants.

Or "hey I got saw your sign on a telephone pole on 123 main st in Hartford... please tell me how it works".And I go "Yo cenyle old coop ... what the hell are you talking abou...

The really cheap overseas Virtual Assistants are very task oriented and you really need to check for command of the English language if you want them to speak with people on the telephone. 

Like the time I rented a place that only had 1 working telephone jack and 3 non-working ones when I moved in.  

Pinnacle didn't close their doors and stop answering their telephones.

and then some old cabinets Family room (*could easily be turned to 3rd bedroom in each) Living room Both have porches Droppped ceilings Basement Split utilities Washer and dryer Foundation field stone old but sound Wood "telephone" pole columns Both tenants have pets.