Stop by store, park and see a few rentals to get an idea on the finishes (or what not to do ;)) All podcast are great!!

@Dawn Young - This might be somewhat helpful for you also. http://joshrlc.blogspot.com/If you are going to go the development route, make sure you have time set aside for putting together documents and signing papers and whatnot. 

My family is full of realtors, brokers and whatnot.

Honestly, sometimes I don't even do the credit checks and whatnot.

I want to start reaching out to these people but with so many of them in my area, I wanted to hear thoughts on different strategies that people have used in the past to target these individuals and what NOT to do in the process.

more of what not to do.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1157124-remot...

MI ensures you are up-to-date with what's going on with property and are easy to work with.Here's my experience:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/177843-am-i-successful-or-am-i-an-example-of-what-not-to-do

the key is at Langer we had deal flow .. you got a payoff there was something to go into literally next day.Our routine was to look at loans in the field in the morning then Jack would work the phone in the afternoon replacing payoffs.. when you got to his level it was a simple how you doing I have a Caster loan for you.. hows the kids and what not Boom done.. it was quite the education for me..

MI will be teaching people what not to do for years to come.

I see that all the time on FB and what not.