But as a side gig it'd be nice to have the extra cash for very little footwork.10.

It may just be a valid attempt at finding an apprentice to do all the footwork.

But I think with some footwork and creativity - I can overcome that.So that said, I really need to be aggressive in marketing my property.

Obviously with me contributing 80% or more on a project, as well as doing all of the footwork, it wouldn't be fair to split my profit with a contributor 50-70%.

It's a bit of footwork but it'll give me a good idea of the scope of the issue and costs.

Skip bird dogging, if you're going to be doing all that footwork you might as well get paid - get your license.

Get a good realtor locally to do research footwork for you then once you purchase use a rental property management firm to manage it (you would have to do that in a remote scenario anyway)?  

I would do some foot work and start asking around, such as the students themselves.

Do some foot work, drive by places that interest you, speak to neighbors, someone is going to be outside, so pull up, introduce yourself and approach it as if you want to move into the area, not as an investor.

I would love to find a partner in my area that would be willing to have me do the footwork/they provide financing, and we split the deal profits 50/50.