I got some good responses on many different ways and I did some of my own footwork and I have managed to secure $100k through private investors for real estate.

I'll have to do a lot more footwork to get a better feel of the city.

A bit more foot work up front, less hassle later.

My biggest concerns are the first few steps of researching a property before you buy it.When you have been investing/real estate for awhile you don't go on the MLS but have more innovative strategies to inquire about properties like ie: searching for vacant homes, looking up home address of the owner in public records and contacting to make cash deal, or a network of teams doing the footwork for you Someone starting out like myself will have to go on sites like realtor.comzillow.com or trulia.com. ( I'm not a realtor so no MLS access) Click various properties and use the 50% rule to make quick assumptions if the property is worth looking at.

@Karen SealeThankfully there is no fancy footwork here.

. $55/foot works for me.

The paralegal that does all the footwork is amazing and has caught many potential issues during closing prep.

these are typically more standard colors, nothing too sexy, but they look great once installed.AGArthur, what does your price per square foot work out to be?

(Thats your footwork).

If they don't know, go to the next neighbor.This is the footwork most are unwilling to do so your competition is relatively insignificantPS: always leave a card with your finder's fee on the back