At the end of the day I compromised a total of $625 out of my reserves for the down payment.

Hi Carlos,Your best bet is to find your local real estate investment group and talk to the realtors there.

How many total mailings should I send to each owner (I'm thinking 6 feels right)Should I design one or two other postcard templates so they are not getting the exact same postcard over and over?

We ended up taking 14 months in total to complete the project instead of 6 months like we projected.

So you're saying that getting the down payment from a partner would be my best bet?

These guys are perfect for me because I have no experience, my credit is not awesome and all of my answers to their motivational questions were “Absolutely.”We really hit it off.Again, no credit check and no experience, and I was approved for $250,000 per deal (which would cover purchase price, closing costs, rehab, the whole deal) and a total of $750,000 in order to have 3 deals going at one time.They were very excited to let me know that, and I soaked it up.

I will consult an attorney but it sounds like long term rental may be a better bet.

And also, once I do find a property I want to pursue I am thinking hard money may be the best bet for me with where I’m at at this point in my career.

Morristown around Sussex ave/Grant st. area or western ave (if you have a big down payment) and Summit (less familiar but hear they have a lot more duplexs) are probably your best bets when looking.

I totally forgot to mention that you'll have to pay yourself a reasonable salary from a weird fictitious business that has no purpose other than to dodge taxes.