It’s making me rethink my website focus: Mainly whether it makes sense to wait to ditch my "home-grown" website yet.Right now I mainly need landing pages for my direct mail (probate, and other motivated sellers) and was about to change my “home-made” site to either Investor Carrot or Lead Propeller.

This is the cheapest way I have found to make homemade bandit signs and the black marker on yellow board really pops.

@Elizabeth Smith if you can, use a State contract, not something home-made.

Just started a year ago, have three single family homes now, two of them rented (in the city) and one being updated (Chili). 

That's why Jay's travelling around on his private plane is a better idea for excess cash than treating yourself to steak at Chili's or Applebee's (rather than canned tuna for lunch) or than buying a more prestigious car that is unlikely to result in an extra long-term "happiness" yield on your money.  

Go grab a cheesy western and a bowl of chili and enjoy the town.

A store that only sells homemade fresh pasta, ravioli, shells etc.

That's a very big deal.Just some things to get you started.Tell mom I like home made cherry pie with ice cream on top and I'll be by to collect this summer. 

As for staples I supply the basics like salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, cinnamon and sugar.

My first suggestion is to join a local real estate investors association, just google and ad your city, so you can find a mentor or partner who has the same interest that you do.Some basic methods of finding properties are:1) Driving for dollars - Drive your farm area looking for vacant and distressed properties2) Place adds in small newspapers or direct mail newsletters3) Place adds on internet sources like craigslist and backpages or Use homemade bandit signs (batman buys houses etc.)4) Other wholesalers5) expire mls listings or FSBOSSome more advanced methods are:1) Working City Code Violations2) Creating a Birdog network3) Tenant evictions list4) Tax certificate sales pre auction list5) Bankruptcies/divorcesOf course you still have foreclosures and probates, but those are the norm and have heavy competitionGood luck Big E