I've incorporated many different ways to find motivated sellers and owners of run down houses.

If anyone has any advice or anything I should incorporate in my plan please free to share.

It's always worth incorporating into your offer if you aren't worried about competitive bids for that particular property.

I am a single mother working in Corporate America with a passion for creative writing and real estate.

I was thinking of dropping off pens or notepads with my logo on them.

If they don't, move along.Do not pay for conversation and consultation but be willing to pay for implementation of the entity structure and associated documents (articles of incorporation, etc)If either you or your son own other businesses consider an S corp.

My understanding was that an investor might be putting themselves at a financial risk by not incorporating; for example if there was a lawsuit of some sort.

For mid-size+ commercial properties it is common to "incorporate the property" (i.e. create a company whose only asset is the property).

I’m thinking of system because I’m at my day job 9-10 hours a day, there’s no way I’ll have time to pick up phone calls.Some expenses I’m considering: legal docs, website, 1-800 #, business cards, logo, advertising, call center to pick up leads?

Here's an excerpt from Guide Note 14 of the Appraisal Institute: The Appraisal Institute text The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 5th Edition, includes the following in its entry for “market value”: The most widely accepted components of market value are incorporated in the following definition: The most probable price that the specified property interest should sell for in a competitive market after a reasonable exposure time, as of a specified date, in cash, or in terms equivalent to cash, under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, with the buyer and seller each acting prudently, knowledgeably, for self-interest, and assuming that neither is under duress.