The tenant has since explicitly stated in writing that he refuses to be inconvenienced by answering the door to the Mail Carrier or to go to the Post Office and pick it up/sign for it.

I am getting my first opportunity to meet with an investor that is  doing this full time and willing to let me "pick his brain". 

It is about $250 to do - and you can pick the color from just about any national brand color chart. 

Hello All.This may be a "whatever works for you" type response, but why re-create the wheel... 

Pickings are a little slim right now but if you could find a duplex to 1031 into that would be ideal. 

I'm really just looking to grow my investment capital and pick up some knowledge on the way to bigger more complex deals.So let's say hypothetically I find a piece of land that the owner will accept 20k for, but I believe the market value to be around 100k, giving me a rough margin of 80k to work with, before closing costs, marketing, etc. 

I think it is important to note that this home is in rural PA so options like Goodwill picking up might be unlikely. 

You want to have it picked up as much as you can when you take photos as well. 

I'm not saying to close on everything but I'm just saying that cherry picking the best deals to take down is a great way to squeeze the most juice out of your leads.Tip #2 YOU CAN BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOUR BUYERSWhen I got started, I had no money so I was desperate to sell my property to cash buyers because if I could not get them to buy the house, I could not close on the property myself.

When I don't know how much a job is worth and I can find 3 otherwise equivalent subs to give me call backs, I always like the notion of getting 3 bids and picking the middle.