Over this five-year interval, real prices of existing homes rose 60 percent.Booms and busts are rooted in popular narratives with complex social-psychological roots.

I found the owner's name and have been trying to contact him, through everything that I've found (place where he lived, social media, phone numbers, emails, etc.) but all of these contact info has not been active around the same time they filed to cancel the LLC.

I became interested in real estate investing once I graduated college and realized that my chosen field (social work) would not provide the financial stability that I am looking for in life.

Referrals. (3 of 12 transactions) - Post on social media about what you are doing and remind friends and family casually of what you do in real estate sales.Zillow lead generation. (1 of 12 transactions) - I had a six month contract. 

If he wants to do cash out refinance, his income is social security and rental income for those properties can he still get 75% loan for each property within the same year or will the amount the banks let him qualify for 75% loan refinance depend more on his debt/income ratio and credit score?

If so, how are you approaching the use of social media in your screening process ?

Cold calling doesn't seem very efficient but direct mail doesn't seem to be an option for me right now.Other ideas are use social media for leads, craigslist, etc.

@Jim Bryant someone else just started a conversation about screening people via social media.

Apologies if this isn't the right forum - just tried to edit my profile info after adding the social profile links, and can't hit the "save" button, it's dimmed, and not giving me any reason why.  

- social status (my third baby is born, now we need to buy a house no matter what)