For people on your team I would recommend getting a bookkeeper, a marketing manager (someone to handle mailer, craigslist, SEO, bandit signs, etc), a property analyst (someone to run property comparisons and send out offers), and depending on how many incoming calls your getting, you may want another phone buyer.

Trying to avoid relying on someone's SEO or Craigslist.

Also I just fired my seo guy after 8 months my keywords were still in the 30's not near the top ten.

@Bobby Jones seo and payperclick, but those have not paid off yet.

1) Get a website.2) Allocate 1000 dollars to SEO, (and I do not mean hiring a SEO company)3) If you REALLY have to, buy cody sperber clever investor pancake or the one from Sean Terry4) Go through all the Investor Carrot tutorials (even if you do not get an Investor Carrot website)5) Spend up to 800 dollars on legal issues, (contracts, LLC, blah blah blah6) Spend 1000 on a list and 2000 on mailers.7) Pray to a God called MSOOTKAUG someone will call you.

You can use tools like ahrefs, kwfinder, semrush or seo moz to help.Example: "[your city] vacation rentals"*Find comparable units already listed on vrbo, airbnb and flipkey.Look at their listings to get an idea of quality, size, occupancy rate and pricing.

I’m just starting out so I’m looking to learn about the local areas and which strategies are most effective in this market from direct mail to cold calling to SEO.

I didn't jump out of ma mama with  my SEO awesomeness in one hand and my amazing flipping skilz in the other.No no, I was a little monkey before becoming the big ape.Wait..

Driving for dollars, direct mail campaigns, SEO and PPC ads, facebook ads, cold calling, mailing lists.

Eventually, I will work on more online stuff such as PPC (pay-per-click) and SEO.