You will need to give them tremendous value and build trust prior to them reaching out so your content needs to extend beyond a simple "we buy houses" message.

Water is a LL's worst enemy...it does tremendous damage on its own, often slowly over long periods of time damaging a structure literally from top to bottom; and it attracts many of the critters you do not want to see...carpenter ants, roaches, and more.

My cabins in Cosby offer tremendous views or are river front, and provide a lot of peace and quiet. 

Starting small and learning is always the best; growing your network and seeing what is working and not working before you make your next move sets you up for tremendous success long term. 

Cutting My Teeth As A LandlordThis property was a tremendous learning experience for me, and it taught me valuable lessons, both in terms of what to do and what to avoid.

We have derived tremendous value from the books we have been reading as well as the podcasts we have been listening to and spending a bit of time lurking around the forums.  

Finding a good partner/mentor can help you a lot by cutting your learning curve tremendously.

If its a 10 year loan you probably wont see any cash flow but would be building tremendous amounts of equity each year.

The laws vary tremendously from state to state.

We found a book detailing a process to auction any house in 3 days and followed the process uniformly, unsuccessfully.We had a lot of goals and an in-progress plan but what was really our saving grace was a market with tremendous stability, even in global real estate instability.