You should also find investors locally and network with them face-to-face.

@Farshad Mansouri This is the quandary most new investors face.  

You should also find investors locally and network with them face-to-face.

So confused and nothing I've read on the forums thus far lays out the process, rules, restrictions that an agent may face.

I printed out a copy of the signed lease so we can go over face to face. 

You should also find investors locally and network with them face-to-face.

I have seen people pay and fall off the face of the world no matter how many times I call or email...

Bare minimum budget.  

I prefer to meet people in person so I can actively see their face, body language, and check out their driver's license.

Because as you mentioned, the cost of construction here being what it is, a bare shell could easily take 100K to complete.Do these investors just have good marketing that generates those kind of deals?