You can mail them any of the following A letter explaining who you are and what you can do for them.A calendar with your picture and contact information on it.A bottle opener keychain with your contact information on it.A pen with your contact information on it.The area you choose as your target area should be a neighborhood that a lot of your social media friends and followers live or do business in.

Just starting to ever so lightly tread into the water....

For example, I have a subject property that has 1682 SF on the main floor and 810 SF of finished basement (the majority of which is about 8 feet in height with the exception of some bulkheads to hide the mechanicals) and 271 of semi-finished basement that is a utility room basically (washer/dryer, freezer, hot water heater, furnace, some storage).

I would also look at the availability of public water and public sewer, if not at the site how far away are those services.

Why not start with a small turnkey rental property and test the water?

He used to troll these waters for suckers very hard until I found out that his claimed experience and transaction history was fake.

However, most tend to get very watered down with sales pitches etc.  

The only thing that sounds out of the ordinary here is the water bill

Clean water, air, peace and sunshine are nature's remedies and in over-abundance on the Oregon Coast. 

Good question, they seem to be all over the place depending on the area and I am not an insurance specialist, I think typically 1.5-2x normal rates but I could be off by a bit i have been honing in on White Hawk if you know that development and its in the pines but it does have water system with hydrants but volunteer fire department ..