I hate being cold!!!

@Dustin Sanders Unfortunately, I will be shocked if you find this.  20% down is hanging on by a thread based on where rates are at and the general anxiety over declining real estate values.  20% down is the minimum I'm seeing. 

We'll lose money for 75-90 days but the new rent is market so some will stay and not forcing people that can't afford it to move in the middle of a very cold winter I think buys a tiny bit of good will and is the decent thing to do.

Today, it is 24 degrees and wind chill, and it tends to be colder in the park and cold mist freezes certain areas of it to the point that they're closed for the season as well.

I cold call and go direct to the seller and I have a 3 person team that pretty much just calls all day long for me.

A property management company cannot operate using the logic that it hasn't been that cold yet.

If you are not from this area, you should know it is even harder to rent a place when it is the holidays and it is cold and snowy outside, and the bad weather we had the first week of January hasn't helped you.I'd have a discussion about what it would take to rent your place.  

Really about growing a strong portfolio of solid deals.Now that being said, if you are a high income earner, well qualified, and can't find reasonably good deals: (i) you can connect with a well connected real estate agent for off-market deals; (ii) you might do a very narrow cost-effective cold call or letter writing.

I'm no expert, but do know for a fact that you are much more likely to find "good deals" off MLS – through mailing, cold calling, off market groups/connections, etc.

- You can cold call, work with a deal finder like a Realtor or wholesaler, or network with people who already own properties.