Starting out, it may be simpler to work on the buyer side as you can tap into your sphere of influence and usually find someone who's ready to buy.

I’d like to think that the personal aspect of showing up on someone’s door would have a greater influence in their mind than, say, a mailer or phone call.

I also have an extensive sphere of influence with all of my longtime customers, acquaintances, etc, so I will be exploring the more traditional home buyer/seller through those connections and organic marketing as well. 

Our attorney did not alert us to this factor which would have greatly influenced our purchase. 

Recently there has been a great deal of noise being made in a number of forums and spheres of influence regarding the legality of wholesaling in Louisiana and the Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) now has their sights set on wholesaling and wholesalers.How investors can legally and ethically engage in wholesaling transactions.1.

Hi @Joe Tomko The point of utilizing Facebook is to market to your already existing sphere of influence and then expand from there. 

You can easily be more or less involved, and whichever you choose will significantly influence your ROI.

That being said, I only have a few books I actually own that I could offer so far:Books I could let you borrow/trade:- Building Wealth One House at a Time (John Schaub)- Unshakable (Tony Robbins)- The Millionaire Real Estate Agent (Gary Keller)- Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money (Robert Kiyosaki)Books I'd like to read/borrow:- How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)- Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)- Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor (Amanda Han/Matthew McFarland)I have a few more business/mindset books, but most others are in Spanish.So that's the idea.

The good thing is that I know it will be leased, starting September, the bad thing is that I cant influence the rent.

As a mortgage lender, all of our appraisals must be run through a gov mandated "Appraisal Management Company" and we can't have any contact or influence over who takes/picks up the appraisal request.