Are all of the statistics/numbers on a year over year basis? 

Go to the local police department and look at crime statistics by area.

It's an interesting read with statistics.

The advantage is that issuers can raise money from non-accredited investors who represent 93% to 97% of the population depending on which statistics you look at.  

Here's a website for crime statistics in Indianapolis..

@Dustin Robinson, I think the statistics are something ridiculously low, like 4% of buyers are found through open houses.

There are too many horror stories about money laundering, scams in the business realm and I do not want to be a statistic.

@Joel OwensI feel like I should pay you for the advice you have given me.I understand that research and knowing your market is key, and I hope my background in advanced statistical analyses will be able to give me an edge is some way since I have access to programs a lot of other real estate agents do not have.I'm actually working on a quick-fix analyses sheet and would love to share it with you afterwards and see what you think of it.Oren K.I definitely want to work with investors.I understand that each sale will be harder, the commissions will be smaller and the research will be more extensive.

Feel free to reach out to me if you ever need any help with achieving your goals, market statistics, or finding some properties. 

Since you only intend to do one deal at a time (now) understand the job job of your mail piece: it's ONLY job should be to get the prospect to take the next action step, such as call you, write you, go to a website or landing page, etc.There are so many factors to consider. 500 mail pieces is statistically too small to really derive any actionable feedback.