I also am interested in flipping/rehabbing properties and have been involved in those projects in the past.  I

The goal in the past is to take all revenue from the houses and pay down the HELOC and use that as a secondary savings. 

What I've done in the past is I have someone pay upfront, and then if I select them to move in I would either pay all or half of the cost of the credit check to them.

I had a similar scenario in the past. I

That means that for the first time, we will need to figure out how to pay taxes on an investment property.In the past, I have primarily used H&R block to do my taxes.

So in the past I wasn't earning $4000/yr after long term repair savings. 

There are other parts of the country where you may get better returns, but unless you are a seasoned investor, or have capital, you are better off staying close to home, especially considering that there are plenty of opportunities with good returns.In the past, I have invested in Northern Virginia and Florida, and am currently looking to invest in Raleigh and Martinsburg.

I'm not an expert on direct mail, but am a real estate investor with several properties, in my personal name.In the past I got maybe one mailer a month,,,lately its to the point I get 2-3 every week,,today I got 2!

I know in the past I was thinking of doing a B&B on a property in northern California and found associations dedicated to those, and was able to get rents on rooms, amenities offered, etc., and thought maybe the VR market was similar.

In the past I have seen them program in a code strictly for the Realtor(s).