Haha, good tactic.

@Debra Grumbach Its not over powering.

Student loan debt and rent spikes will fuel a drive to even cheaper areas within the City and the local owners will embrace it but the tenants will be upset by the gentrifiers because their rents will go up and new, different businesses will push out older, familiar shops.I find it a little ironic that a couple of anti-gentrification folks are resorting to these types of tactics to keep presumably white gentrifiers out of a German neighborhood. 

Meetings will only get better like that.2) A REIA meeting to talk about SEO tactics to get more leads, Absofrigginlutely.3) Have agents come there, and mingle with wholesalers, and let eachother school them on better ways to benefit one another as usually they are mortal enemies.

I was expecting to get sold on whatever their expensive program was so I came prepared to resist their marketing tactics. 

@Geoff Schackmann it isn't a problem, I'm used to having my name mistaken.Thinking a little more tactically, do you see signs in an area which are frequently refreshed, or even signs which go up   friday night and come down sunday night (to avoid code enforcement, if that is even a thing in the area you are considering)? 

A tactical pause to pay off one or two of your smallest debts seems like a good default move at the point when you’re not sure where to go investment-wise.

I agree that finding cities with the proper demographics- population and employment growth is important- that’s how, along with other factors, I targeted the cities I mention above.What are a few tactical ways to gain connections to brokers, lenders etc if you are looking for a deal in a city that you do not live in?

If a company is willing to use these tactics, it calls into question their overall business practices.

Low income tenants changing their phone numbers, emails, any other contact info is definitely a very common tactic they use.