Like Quest IRA and Equity Trust The more you let people know that you are providing a stock market alternative in direct real estate investing, then people will come to you. 

I share your passion and believe there is nothing better than being in direct control over your own financial future with the eventual goal of financial freedom.I am interested to learn more about the REI market in JAX.  

Perhaps you should invest your time in directly finding the deals on your own.  

Multis, priced in direct relation to potential income (cap rate), and will hardly allow you to get a spread such as SFHs.  

Furthermore, I'm eager and motivated to ditch the 9-to-5 along with that rough commute to spend more time with family and to be in direct control of my income. 

I feel you are only limited by your creativity.If you are interested in direct marketing I prepared a BP blog post a few weeks ago with a list of books that really helped me out with writing copy that got people to actually call me. here is the link  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/51959-how...I hope that helps you out.

As the metrics above will vary depending on markets.b) then once you know what zipcode(s) to target, the numbers and metrics mentioned above will help you determine what is or is not a good value.2) I have been investing in direct mailings and driving for dollars.

I would then vet them by checking references and asking for proof of prior work.I would even indirectly test the contractor, learn enough about fixing a home to ask a question that you know the answer to and ask them the question and see how they respond.If you have absolutely zero resources, someone on a podcast mentioned to go to your local home depot or lowes when they open and talk to some people there.  

You are in direct contact (if you want) with the owner of where your investment is going.

Here is the link to the answer for the assessment, and indirectly negotiating pointers for anyone else interested in the answer.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/59104-rehab-estimating-as-a-new-wholesalerI'm still looking for a good source for the hard copies of contracts.