He does have a couple half siblings, but they are in another country and not in frequent contact with his parents, so from their perspective all they would see is that the parents are living in an investment property that we own, and they are paying rent.  

Just trying to get around like minded people with fresh ideas.

I get the the post card route is way more efficient from a time perspective (although at twice the cost), but really wondering about response rates.   

i had baselane and shut it down. there was issue getting my money out and there is absolutely no customer service. i loved the idea they had and the platform analytics they have but from a banking perspective i would not put any money there. 

Hi @Jonathan Klemm Thanks for sharing your perspective on mentorship.

The idea of an assumable mortgage seems very attractive from a cash flow perspective, but unfeasible from a capital perspective.

I have been investor for the last 9 years in Miami and working full time as realtor now and I would not recommend getting into wholesale fresh: get first some experience, get to know the market extremely well, and then you will know when to start wholesaling too!

Your perspective on the challenges of smaller markets versus the opportunities in larger, revitalizing cities is well-taken.

Find 3rd party ways to verify the owner and employment as described. it would be very odd to have both an employer and landlord in two different states thousands of miles away that share an area code with the perspective tenant that is not in the market the home market of the PM or the employer.

Or figure out how projects are developed and get one "most of the way" (land leased, site planned, permitted, power purchase agreement signed) and then sell the deal to a big developer.My perspective: My W2 for the last 8 years is environmental and development consulting for oil & gas, renewables generation, transmission, and commercial RE development.