Is spending thousands on a sprinkler system worth it or do I have other options? 

Some of those groups have THOUSANDS of members.  

Most will have large scale marketing engines where they spend thousands or tens of thousands a month, and operate or license time in call centers.

After sending out thousands and not getting responses, or at least not good ones, I stopped trying this marketing method.

The cost to remove just one illegal will be in the thousands and way the government operates probably 100's of thousands of dollars. 

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I don't know how you would present any of that to potential clients from thousands of miles away.No, Brokers are not all the same.

The most successful investors have looked at thousands of properties in person in their lifetimes.

Even after one year, that property may provide thousands of dollars worth of appreciation, you will pay down your loan and build some equity, and you can depreciate the asset. 

It will save you tens of thousands of dollars if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. 3.