Our plan was to send 6 touches to each list and then stop, but after reading some of the material from direct mail experts Aaron Mazzrillo and Sharon Vornholt, we might be rethinking that strategy and continue to send touches until the house is sold.

Can you remediate mold/foundation/fire damage/alum wiring issues , or any other niche that you can become an expert in?

So many "experts" pitch REI is not truly difficult and anyone "can" do it.

Ken Min that's great advice and don't worry I won't take it as full legal advice ;-) I think starting out I'll stick with the reasonable states and leave WA for the more expert investors.

I too would love to hear from an expert on BPT.

I am not an expert but I have looked into converting a traditional driveway (pull in, back out) to a through driveway (in Poway, not in San Diego). 

Anyway, I'm no insurance expert (or annuity expert) so this is just one 38 year old guy's take...

@Shawn FranksSo just tossing this idea out there...I'm certainly not an expert in your market BUT have you considered keeping the condo as a short term/corporate rental (if your condo association allows it)? 

It was not our intent to become investors or Short Term Rental experts.

You don't need to be an expert on the US housing market as much as you need to know which neighborhoods are holding their value better, or that rental prices are continuing to improve within, or which builders are building and where, and so on. - Avoid making predictions of the future, regardless of the direction the market is headed.