It was a personal referral, received a credit at closing for renovations as well How did you finance this deal?

Try to make your messages more personalized to avoid getting blocked again.You can email [email protected] with any  help you  need, too. 

Conducted personal research.

There is an amount that you can distribute from an IRA account to purchase a personal residence.You then might be able to turn the personal residence into an investment property.Best of luck.

If you do decide to do mailer(s), then I would advise you to personalize the card and do a handwritten note. 

I heard that if you move the personal mortgages to an LLC they could get called and we would want to avoid that3.

I will make that proposal to the person I am talking and see where it goes.

While this job could be performed remotely, working with my peers in person for at least a year is important to me.

My recommendation would be to engage an investment property focused realtor (not a general residential realtor) and let that person guide you through the process from pre-qualification to market/property valuation and selection. 

Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?