you can tell from my picture that I do not resemble the main stream  shape or skin color . 

However, these active military members need to focus on work and use as much time or effort as they can on their downtime into real estate while still keeping some resemblance of work/life balance.  

;3) Find something of value to offer investors (rent surveys, list of recent solds, marketing packages for recent solds resembling your prospects' own properties, etc)And how much you can sell depends on:1) the number of homes (assuming you're doing SFR) there are in your area (volume);2) how many homes turn in a give year (velocity);3) how much closed income on average is possible given (2) above;4) how much income you expect in a given year;5) how many contacts you need to make per sale to capture the income projected in (4) above.KW training can help you with the math re 3,4,5, or you can calculate it yourself through your own research.Best of luck!

While the idea was intriguing, more than a year went by without any resemblance of a lead to how we could both achieve this together.

How do you know I haven't already written a letter that resembles the one you describe?

This is how we get units in NY/Chicago that resemble a broom closet.  

(This is about taxes)You need a Zoning Permit for Visitor Accommodation:To rent your home for stays of 30 days or fewer.If the property is not your primary residence.Housing requirementsSmoke alarms must be installed:In each bedroom.In the hallway in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.On each floor of the home, including basements.Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed:Within 15 ft. of the entrance to every bedroom or within 15 ft. of a bed in sleeping areas if there isn’t an enclosed bedroom.Centrally on a wall or the ceiling, but not directly in front of a door to a bathroom or within 5 ft. of a cooking appliance.Under the installation requirements for smoke alarms if they are combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.You can’t post signs for lodging on your home.The home can’t be occupied by more than three people (including the owner and renters) who aren’t related by blood, marriage, life partnership, adoption, or foster-child status.You cannot change your house so that it no longer resembles a private residence.Information you must provide your rentersRenters are only allowed to have guests between the hours of 8 a.m. and midnight.You must tell renters the trash and recycling collection days and any trash disposal rules and regulations.

If they don't know what they are doing and don't have 203k experience, your 203k process will usually resemble the Cleveland Browns on a Sunday afternoon.

Currently $145k as that most resembles the replacement cost of the property What is your deductible?

No matter how much of a livable space it may resemble, if the basement or garden level isn't legal habitable space, you are taking on significant risk renting it.