i'd say you're off to a good start. what you may want to do is find lower cost vendors.for example. my answering service is $49/mo.I get bandit signs 100 @ $130I can mail 500 postcards for $150 ( i compile the list myself so that's free)so far that's less than $300.

I have used overseas VAs, but discovered that they were having somebody use a free service like truepeoplesearch.com and hand jamming all 900 names and addresses one by one, then compiling the list ... it took them well over 48 hrs.

Here is a section of what I found.4735.01 Real estate broker definitions.As used in this chapter:(A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following:(1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(2) Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(3) Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate;(4) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate;(5) Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants;(6) Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate;(7) Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate;(8) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners;(9) Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee.http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4735Originally posted by K.

The act has several directives for other agencies to compile studies of the effects of the law and issue reports of findings, one report is due in 5 years!

Even if I spent my entire life "networking," I would only be able to meet maybe 0.00000001% of the people on the planet.Are there businesses that compile lists of accredited investors?

The question about 'how to find market statistics' comes up very frequently, and the honest truth is government sources that you have to compile for yourself.

I have a list of Cincinnati property managers for multi units I compiled earlier this year and happy to share

Scrapping these sites is an easy way to compile the data and make it easily accessible.

.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

Compiling accurate expense numbers can require some sleuthing on your part but if you take it one step at a time it's not that overwhelming.Utility info can be obtained from the seller and verified through each utility provider.