A lot of those letters are fake however and we double check their authenticity with Pet Screening.

You're going to be call or mailing land owners....just saw a guy mailing out 34,000 mailers...probably 60cents or more a letter....so just that one mailing is a $15,000 up front investment....plus you need to have systems set up to respond to that amount of mail and response, and the money either to buy those deals that come thru or if you're going to try to wholesale them, then the money to find your end buyers.   

I sell houses all the time by just listing them on Zillow, so don't think you need to pay a listing agent and if the buyer doesn't drag their realtor into the mix, you might not need to pay a buyers agent either. this is a cautionary tale of the risks of remote rehab with little to no experience looks good in the book but in practice can be very very difficult.. stick close to home.

Personally, I feel a newbie getting into a triplex in an area they dont know, which could have low income characteristics is a mix for disaster.

An example of this would be mixing your personal money and LLC money in the same bank account.3.

If StayFi gets their act together you could use them, but I'm also one of those people that has mixed feelings about their way of collecting emails.  

The asking rent growth rate of the metro's eight underlying submarkets over the past 12 months has been mixed, with cumulative change rates ranging from 1.9% (San Gabriel Valley) to -3.0% (South Bay).Competitive Inventory, Employment, AbsorptionTotal employment in the Los Angeles metropolitan area increased by 14,200 jobs during the first quarter, representing a growth rate of 0.3%, while industrial employment contracted by 2,043.

Now I have talked to my tenant on the phone, and she said she got the letter.

If you have solid gross income, a bank statement loan may work since you have a mix of w2, schedule C, and schedule E income. 

Also, if you didn't receive a pre-approval letter from a VA approved lender with the buyers offer ask for one.