Treat any time spent on building leads, crafting marketing pieces or executing a direct mail or phone calls, as complete gold and NO ONE can distract you from those income-generating activities (IGAs).4.  

Kind regardsStuartYour best bet is to have a real estate attorney in your area craft a contract that is bulletproof.  

I would carefully craft the seller financing in your favor (e.g. no early payoff penalty, no minimum time period, etc).

Things I do for fun: Bourbon (before you ask, Bulliet 10 year), Cigars(Padron little hammers and Roma Craft Neanderthals), canoeing, shooting recreationally, playing music with my friends, and of course video games (I'm 22, give me a break).

Find a good tax advisor, talk to them in-depth about your personal situation and craft a structure that is best for you, not some schmoo on the internet.

'Brooklyn' style growth is pushing west ie coffee shops, art galleries, creatives Upstate Craft Beer Co etc. 

Lots of opinions (galore) but until you study your craft, you won't know who to believe or even listen to. 

Once the offer is made based on actuals, then you craft a contract and purchase price with contingencies.  

@Dale Crafts, @Elliot Smith is right about direct mail all over the site.

The sample motivated seller questionnaire (and explanation paragraphs) on this page will equip you to avoid this common newbie mistake.If you're new to wholesaling or creative real estate investing, you can save yourself a whole lot of mental and financial anguish by asking a series of two or three questions to help you decide whether to deal with a property seller or not.The information you gather from a well crafted motivated seller questionnaire can also help you determine whether the property in question is worth investigating further, regardless of what you find about the urgency of the seller's situation.The section below will take you through a shortened sample form and discuss each section in detail.