By "I wrote my first ten letters to absentee owners" I hope you mean you wrote 10 letters you plan to mail in sequence to a few thousand owners and not "I wrote ten letters to ten people."

Here is the sequence of events broke down:November 2008 - Got married Found distressed property and put in offer Found tenants for my 2 bedroom home that I paid$725/month plus paid $150 or so for a home improvement loan.

Looking for some input on sequence of steps to get started here.

I would ask a local real estate broker to "talk" you through the typical closing sequence.

When the tenant moves out we take the exact same pictures in the same sequence and also the same video.This is how we determine the security deposit disposition of what we are deducting from their deposit. 

I remember doing that, too.Decide what will set you apart and remember that a campaign will typically include multiple touches in a strategic sequence.

But the issue for most folks is how best to implement that information in the right sequence, what to do, what to say, how to say it, when to say it etc. 

All the needed steps in proper sequence and those that can be done concurrently.

And if you are doing windows, you need to consider the work sequencing.

It's all about sequence of returns.