I have 10 years experience in Mortgage Analytics on the Origination side and the Servicing side along with SQL databases. 

Response rate is often misused as blanket term, really meaningless as far as non-vanity analytics is concerned, here is why; - Response rate is only relevant when derived from a specific segment or target.

Your advice is so narrow minded to full time or homebased investors I can't believe that I am the only one that ever sees this when they read your posts.I will never personally throw away a 15% COC return because it doesn't meet some ridiculous forced appreciation projection, or whatever other mathematically self-stroking overly analytical criticism can be thrown at it.  

This investor is VERY thorough and analytical so I know the liability reasons alone will not be enough to satiate his demands.

Drop me a line if you are ever interested in RE data and analytics, etc, esp mapping and databases.

This weeds out most of the retail buyers and also indentifies if they are somewhat motivated.I use a "local" analytic tracking number and the calls are recorded and forwarded to a voicemail I have set up for this.

I was thinking maybe a session on building a basic website for real estate investors, real estate investors guide to understanding social media (maybe a four part- 1) understanding the platforms & identifying what works for you, 2) optimizing and measuring success and analytics, 3) crafting the message & building your community, 4) managing the process and content creation calendars). maximizing technology/automation for your real estate investing business, email marketing success strategies, and whatever else real estate investors wanted to learn about to DIY on the web.

After a successful career in acquisitions and defense contracts, Nina decided to leave the corporate world and transfer her analytical skills and contracts expertise to the world of real estate investing, with a focus on single and multi-family residential properties.

I have liquidity from the previous business to invest and hopefully kick start this endeavor.Biggest challenge - I don't know this industry, I am coming from a completely opposite industry in the technology field.What I have, I think, in my favor, are colleagues from the RE industry with experience in both traditional RE sales (agent/buy/sell) but also experience in the REI side (one owning about 70+ properties and the other owning about 25 properties, both using their properties for passive cashflow)With an engineering/analytical background, my greatest fear right now is the unknown and I am trying to shore up that experience through reading and listening to others, but as I have already discovered, its like taking a drink from the fire hose - way more knowledge than I can consume in a short period of time.Questions I would pose to anyone interesting in providing some feedback -- Best way to look for that first opportunity?  

Is your gut saying "yes" and your analytical side saying "no", or the other way around?