@Rexanne Andrews door knocking is a great idea but I find it a bit time consuming. 

My wife and I have been interested in real estate as a means of financial freedom for a couple of years now, and we've spent that time voraciously consuming all of the content we can find on the subject (especially on Bigger Pockets). 

I did not even write the following..I'm just cutting and pasting.)WARNING – PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE FINANCING CONTEMPLATED BELOW, SELLER AND BUYER AREADVISED TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO DETERMINE IF THIS FINANCING COMPLIES WITH THEDODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (DODD- FRANK) AND OTHERRELEVANT FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.I.

Tenants consume less when they are paying for utilities.

With a consumer on the receiving end, not worth it. 

Building a buyers list does not have to be time-consuming.

I have actually done my own taxes in the past and plan to do so until it is too time consuming or too complicated (my BS is in ACC&FIN even though I do nothing with it other than personal stuff). 

Well in the last half hour I found only five AO online, so far its time consuming.

When I asked my lender about this, her reply was that there's a consumer FICO and a lender FICO that is usually much lower.  

I'm actually on the consumer side of VRBO at the moment and certainly appreciate the quality of folks that use it to promote their VR.