Love your optimism @Vicky Covarrubias .Without going into details I am shooting for flipping enough properties to increase my cash on had by 150k .Best of luck with your real estate investing!

Economic optimism is causing folks to want zestimate or more. :( You might come to the REIA meetings and talk with the locals who are doing deals as another networking tactic.

That's not to say there isn't a very specific definition of ROI, but what ROI is telling you may not be exactly what you want to know.There are lots of specific return metrics -- cash-on-cash, IRR, return on equity, etc -- that can be used to evaluate the financial performance of a deal, and it's up to you to determine what metrics you care about and what you're trying to optimize for.I would recommend getting familiar with several different performance metrics, figure out what information each is conveying about the performance of the property, and then use the one(s) that are providing the information you really care about.

I am planning to send several letters/postcards to each over the course of the six months.Assuming money/time is not an issue, what is the optimal number of times to contact a lead over the course of six months?

Talking or writing about the steps, while useful, won't optimize the learning.Food for thought...

An owner that is not putting that type of animal in an optimal environment is doing the animal a huge disservice and putting their needs ahead of the animals.

Possibly, but I don't feel like it's an optimal use of time.

@Leeta SongCreating a buyers list I would create a squeeze page with word press and Optimize Press plug in.I would have a different URL for home staging and write articles about home staging with the url embedded.For your client for LOCAL meet up group, just advertise meet up on forums.

There must be but I haven't found the most optimal way yet.For trustee/lien sales, I always follow the local newspapers' legal notices, check county records etc.

Don't make the mistake of sub optimizing your investment from the start just because you know someone that lives in the city.