Comparisons between strategies have been posted probably hundreds of times on this website.

Glad to hear the website postings can be a legit source for a deal.

My state has a good court website where I can better do my own background checks for free so that isn't an issue.

You can also buy lists off websites and get lists off FB for a cost as well. 

If your local municipality has an online court records, go to their website and look up both criminal and civil histories.

You can create a website in seconds nowadays but I would also provide him a pitch deck to show how this works and that he is not going to have to evict you in 5 months because payments are not being made. 

However, if you're a W2 high income earner or business owner, I can't imagine it makes any sense to flip houses, mail mass post cards, wholesale, or build lead gen websites with the value of your time being better spent other places (such as learning about real estate and increasing your income through proven means), such as at your 9-5pm or growing your business, and your real estate is a long term process and you don't need "home run" deals to qualify or make it work.

Marco posted on this website daily for well over a decade.

Through the HUD website How did you finance this deal?

However, when I reviewed the property information on the PVA website, the records indicate it is a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom property, excluding the 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom located downstairs.