This isn't rocket science.

And i don’t know of any books—this stuff isn’t really rocket science, though.

Always keep a reserve fund to handle maintenance, vacancies, major repairs, etc.This is not an exact science.

I think syndication is a really fascinating business and I’m curious to learn more.

@Roy N.Account Closed - this is an fascinating thread.......thank you for the thoughts.  

I've been mostly working from home, but I may soon be working more frequently in South Lake Union.I've been fascinated recently with how creative an investor can be with financing.

This is Zillow's version of the 5%, 3%, 20%, etc...rules discussed and used here.You can use their individual comps though.There's a science to doing analysis that involves a lot more than "within the last 6 months" and "within 1 mile". 

It's not an exact science. 

I find it fascinating and would like to read it.Thanks for the reply.

Your first piece sent out is the control.Everything after that you test and track against the returns of the control.Sometimes people do not respond right away so with each mailers you would need a code for that batch to track.I do this with my commercial expired mailing campaign.I have spent roughly 40 dollars a month over a year and made 6 figures in commission off of it.I track the number of mailer sent monthly,the number of calls or contact received,number of appointments,number of listings,number of solds,and then track my time into each listing to get a return per hour on my time.When you break it down to a science you will really see what works and what needs tweaking.Once you have a system down with an excellent response you just grow the volume and the market.Hope it helps