Do I go with a big brokerage or try to work on my own since I have extensive marketing experience for mail campaigns, Ppc, TV commercials, and Dialer capabilities. 

Most people these days know all about the We Buy Houses people that have been on billboards, radio, and tv ads for years.

well, u decide.HOWEVER, the winderful people at FICO have picked up on this practice and are changing how authorized users are rated.NOW, back to your original question cliff, many lenders will accept alternative tradelines (meaning tradelines that show payment history that does not show up on your report). if u were to apply for say a mortgage and be declined for lack of tradelines, i would certainly provide this alternate tradeline to satisfy their requirements. i've seen phone bills, electric bills, satellite tv bills, etc all work.

Hi, just heard on TV, Vivos has a new twist on the condo theme, they are building plush bomb shelters with common areas shared with other "residents", you know, like dining rooms, medical facilities, etc.

I also think about the Pawn Stars tv show I have seen.

I suspect it will pass, because the TV is full of ads about making "the wealthy pay their fair share", and all but coming out and claiming that corporations only pay $10 a year in taxes (completely untrue).The net result will be, of course, that they put small businesses out of business, and the larger corporations will simply move out of state.This certainly affects the commercial real estate investor, because fewer small businesses means fewer tenants for the commercial buildings.Oregon tends to be pretty conservative, so if we are doing it, more states will be doing it.Just a heads up.

Stuff like that...It would probably be better if you didn't just leave them at a REIA meeting, but instead handed them to people who asked for one.And now, my own disclosure...not an attorney, don't play one on TV, my $0.02 (overvalued), YMMV, etc.

Waiting to buy a TV when you can pay cash.

Send enough targeted mail, and eventually you'll find a deal.With all the TV shows like Flip This House, Fixer Upper, My First Flip, etc. everybody and their momma thinks they can flip a home now, so you've got tons of rookies coming into the market and overpaying for properties too.

If you have an agent who is acting a Fiduciary Buyer's Broker for you, work with him to make offers on other listed properties, also, make it clear to your agent that you will pay him a commission on any unlisted property he finds for you; FSBO's, bank owned properties, leads from advertising, expired listings.It sounds like you are tripping over small change when you should be looking at the big numbers and the big dollars.You might want to have several Fiduciary Buyer's Broker (under contract) working for you.Want more leads, advertise on the radio, newspapers and TV.