(yellow, blue, handwritten, scribbles).19.Slap a unique tracking phone number on each mailer design.20.Spend another fortune sending mailers, again.21.Get yelled at, again.22.Remove people from the list that demand it, again.23.Receive a bunch of returned mailers, again.24.Spend another fortune to skip trace and resend the new mailers… again.25.Subscribe to your favorite real estate investing forum and ask people what you are doing wrong.26.Try hard to make sense of their response: “If all this is not working for you, it means you didn’t do it enough, do more (of what obviously is not working), and stay consistent”.27.Get depressed.28.Get yourself together.29.Do it all over again.30.

Henry David Thoreau, one of my favorite authors, went to the woods to live, in his word, deliberately.

Any list you can pull for a few bucks has already been hammered by hordes of investors before you.Not saying this way can't work, but I recommend a different path...I prefer to focus on sellers who have a reason to sell but who require some effort and skill to identify.My favorites are #TiredLandlords, namely owners who have filed an eviction lawsuit against their non-paying tenants.Many of these folks are through being in the rental business and are open to hearing about a way out.Even better, #TiredLandlords are ideal candidates for seller financing, since they don't need the sale proceeds to buy another house, PLUS they are already conditioned to receiving monthly payments over a period of time.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

To want something "so much" sounds great in movies but in real life it does nothing alone, it's fuel without a motor.

Columbus, Dayton, and Cleveland are my favorite markets here.

Outside of real estate, I enjoy listening to and making music, going to the movies, traveling, and cruises. 

Hello all! I try to teach my kids the importance of investing and show them real life scenarios any chance I can. Does anyone have any recommendations for board games, apps or video games that “accidentally on purpose...

What’s your personal favorite list to pull?

A few personal favorites are Facebook Market, Homegoods, Wayfair (for certain items and materials), Rooms to go. local furniture/cosignment stores, CB2 outlet.