My plan is to send out postcards for my first round with a list I obtain from one of these sources, and then on the next round send letters so there is a change and they don’t feel spammed by the same piece of mailing.

One local investor who is quite well known in the community explained how he cross collaterlized multiple apartment buildings to purchase a piece of land in a great area to develop new homes.

It added nearly two months on getting the title business worked out which included getting a non-interested fire inspector out twice, who was worse than "No show Jones," then learning that the home was still tied to a different piece of land within our county.

I am currently looking in the Midwest and have semi pieced together a team out there.

I use one piece of vinyl flooring for the bathrooms and kitchens to contain water and spills.

None of those would be available if you were to buy a commercial building.. not to say that's necessarily a bad thing.. but still just something to think about.I guess my final piece of advise is make sure you get yourself set up for post military success as far as your benefits go (disability and what not).

What's the number one piece of advice that you wish someone told you about when you started out?

The driveway has settled 6 inches and the back patio (10x10ft of concrete) is completely destroyed (split into 4 pieces) from settling.

Another piece of advice, once you decide on a location, try to become an "expert" in that place.

Our piece of the deal is very small.