Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

@Quang Tran mad props for being where you're at mentally already.Currently I own 1250 units and it all started with the first duplex I bought (lived in one side and rented out the other) at age 23.  

First l advertise cross streets a block away never exact address, second if someone call I will pre-screen them over the phone; does the price work for your budget, what do you do for a living, can you provide paystubs, can you pass a background check etc. then because I use lockbox most times I never give the code until first they send me a picture of their drivers license and second they are at the house with the lockbox in there hands to prevent them from even writing it down.Also they must call me back as soon as they are done looking before they leave the property for security reasons, make sure the keys are back in the box and combination is shuffled and of course to tell me what think about the place.

I want to hear from all the investors on here and learn what is the biggest driver for real estate investors.  

I still remember how mad she was, but I managed to talk her out of it, saying I think the market topped out.

Pipes will freeze, people will break in, who knows, maybe a drunk driver will plow into the building.