I definitely agree that this gives you a leg up on the competition and also have begun farming phone numbers and cold calling for other investors and realtors that are not seeing a true ROI with direct mail.

I think some of the big things going for it other than the project you've mentioned are the fact that University Circle has begun to bleed over into Hough, Fairfax, and some of the far extremes of East Cleveland, and that it's literally on the floor, so it can really only go up from here.

I say I think because I have not yet begun my marketing campaign, but here is my rationale: The 1200 sq.ft homes built in the 40's and 50's across the street from where I live run about 800k starting and will definitely need work.

We had one of ours set on fire earlier in the summer (fortunately we had not yet begun to renovate).You need to invest in some security for the job site

I am ready to work for myself.I have begun participating in a local REI club, scoured the net for rich veins of information like BP and 123flip.com, and driven many miles in target neighborhoods.

But the 2008 downturn the rules changed and banks begun requiring 20% for non-owner occupied real estate.  

We are looking to invest with a buy and hold strategy and have begun searching in the Middletown, CT area.  

I have recently begun investing via Property Moose and Property Partner.

We have begun to cull the nicer suburbs and focus more on middle class areas where the motivation might be higher.  

So in the past couple days as I have begun losing my hair, I thought I would take control of what I could, and I had my girls do this...Mail, Direct Mail, Postcards, Yellow Letters, Subject to, Lease Options, Seller Financed, Cash, @Jerry Puckett  @Sharon Vornholt  @Brian Gibbons @Dev Horn @Cody Alexander