Great tips so far...There are many great things about student rentals, like charging per bedroom, 12-month lease agreements, availability of tenants, word-of-mouth advertising (both to their community about your exceptional service, and to you about potential future tenants), and possibility of getting consecutive year long leases from the same person.I'll second @David Gellner's point on having a very strong rental agreement; this is where your lawyer will come in handy.

If you're looking to buy investment properties, word of mouth is a good way to find a buyer's broker who's used to dealing with investors.

So, we *ALWAYS* ensure that the house is empty of other contractors when our painters are working -- things get done faster and everyone is happier.

I'm at the courthouse steps, I buy off MLS, online auctions, wholesalers (which you are correct that 99% can't perform), word-of-mouth, you name it.

Yellow letters, bandit signs and word of mouth.

I live in chicago Il and I have sucessfully flipped a property when I was in college in DeKalb by finding the deal through word of mouth.

I told him to read a particular chapter in the book that I thought would be helpful.When I knocked on his door the next day the first words out of his mouth were, "The book you gave me saved my life.

Well anyway Joshua Dorkin, I'm putting my money where my mouth is and hoping that the marketplace elements of the site come in handy and function well; as for the education/advice, I'm sure that will be worth the $.

Word of mouth is a great way to find contractors.

I've heard a lot of people use bandit signs, websites, word of mouth.