For "seasoned" investors, its not a true issue since they would have the reserves to handle it.One technique to try is the "brrrr" method. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Goal is to keep things small and scale up to large apartment buildings and/or use the "stack" method taught by Brandon Turner.This post now has me more interested in Indy.

So, even if you agree you still don't have a clue regarding how the best way is to obtain those leads and you don't know what the best method is to contact the owners of those properties.

You can use any reasonable method for dividing the expense."

Hello! My wife and I have a portfolio of 5 houses currently. We have a 3 more new construction duplexes in the works as well, just waiting on permitting to get approved. Up until this point , we have been buying the l...

It could be marketing your interest to motivated homeowners via yellow letters, post cards, cold calling, whisper messages, door knocking, driving for dollars, etc.Whatever method you select, use it constantly and relentlessly.

I could wholesale if the right deals come around, also would like to try the rehab and flip method later on. 

We have tried various marketing methods and our focus has been on Direct Mail and SMS texting.However even though we are getting some calls, all the properties are not stressed or needing work so we can get a low enough price to be able to wholesale.So we are starting to believe the best way to increase our success in finding wholesale is "driving for $'s where you obviously find distressed properties because you are literally looking at them and then we can focus our time and effort on finding the owners. 

Unless I know the General Partner and have high confidence, personally it seems risky to do a invest and forget method in real estate.