I understand your concerns and anxiety about getting started as an OOS investor when trying to choose a good market.

Driving for dollars cold the seller over the phone made an appointment to go see the house How did you finance this deal?

I used to cold call sellers from across the countries, and offered to buy their homes for cash.

Driving for dollars cold the seller over the phone made an appointment to go see the house How did you finance this deal?

Also have reached out to tons of agents I have connections with already and not having much luck, so I want to focus on generating off market leads.It's my goal to get really proficient at cold calling.

Find ways to consistently and systematically add more people to your database each week - i.e. cold calling, networking, online marketing4.

Therefore, it is common for LL to be responsible for heat and water, which can get very pricy in cold months, but the cost to change out boiler is nearly impossible to justify.  

First time poster, long time BiggerPockets reader. I'm looking for some general advice here... 

I populate all my own mailing lists, which typically involve only motivated sellers (high equity, divorce, probate, fo...

Brokers protect the interests of all of the investors, but investors only want to protect their own interests, which can leave some investors out in the cold. 

Then the other thing is Ice wine hard to make anymore as it does not get cold like it did in years past and stay cold long enough to feeze the grapes as they hang they now have to harvest then freeze them in facilities.