For showing they would email a code to lockbox to prospective tenant once the showing appt arranged.

Create columns for Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip and then contact info: Last Contact, Relationship, Status, Email & Phone.IMPORTANT: do NOT ask people for THEIR business, ask for referrals!

Communication was terrible - often took days or weeks and multiple emails and phone calls to get information.

Feel free to shoot me an email and I can forward it over to you.If you live in the DSM area, there is an investor meet-up every Friday morning at Smoky Row downtown and 1 monthly investor meet-up on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

There are some pretty good products out there available for investments, where you can do seller paid temporary rate buydowns.

Now after more than a month waiting, I got an email from the Bank stating that an inspector found a man on the porch, and he assumed the house is occupied.

Instead of relying on anecdotal evidence with your horror story, perhaps do some honest analysis instead.The vast majority of the time a tenant like this will catch up, if the shortfall was caused by a verifiable and temporary issue.

Preferably contact them by e-mail as we are not allow to self promote in this forum. 

Or is a simple email introducing myself suffice?

Good luck, and try to remember they're all temporary problems :)