Your local news paper and a direct mail marketing along with advertising is your best way of finding deals off of the market.

I would advertise the house for rent.

Reviews can sometimes be hard to get and they will help a good bit with advertising especially on a new property. 

Perhaps this same concept is being extended to the outdoors.Any lighting that illuminates a sign will be on as part of the advertising of the place.

If you guys have any leads or idea's on how to advertise let me know!

The returns where just as advertised.

What I have in it:$14,400 in down payment$4500 in rennovation, advertising, and referral fees$1365 in mortgage costs - PITI (3 mo @ $455)$490 in 3 months of utilitiesTotal expenses = roughly $20,700.Income: The lease signed at $1025; giving a positive cash flow of $570 per month ($1025 - PITI)Given this, it will take me a minimum of 3 yrs to break even on this puppy...all said and done, I'm pretty happy about the investment at this point.Here's where I need some advice-- What's my next move to get the next property?

Depending on which state you live in, you may need a real estate license if you get paid to do any of the following activities: Advertise the availability of rental propertyPrepare or discuss a property management agreement with an ownerNegotiate leases or lease termsShow a rental propertyDrive or accompany a potential renter to a rental propertyCollect rentsAs always, there are exceptions to these rules - individual states regulate real estate activities, and they are not uniform in their treatment of property management.

Now comes Willy Dumbazz Wholesaler, graduate of the We Mess You Over Guru School, he puts the house on CL (illegally advertising the house most likely, because he has no clue as to RE requirements) and beats the bushes looking for some buyer.

Right now the trend is the incoming freshmen seem to flock to the class A properties, within two years they are moving to smaller rental units.