He collects the money from his mom in cash (from Social Security I assume) and writes a total check to me for the full amount. 

As soon as I transfer pics from my camera to my networks (social media) which is going to big part of your success.

Honestly the more socially awkward the students the better.  

When you and others know someone socially you can get a gauge of who they are as a person in the areas that you interact with them. 

For sellers: direct mail, bandit signs, networking with other wholesalers, Craigslist, social media/Internet marketing, telling everyone you come in contact with what you do, etc etc For buyers: Local investors club, call for rent signs, mail to rental license holders in your state, Craigslist, networking with other real estate professionals, etc

What he's blissfully unaware of is that his "solution" doesn't address his "problem".Your mission, should you decide to accept it Mr Phelps, is to discussion his problem with him until he offers you YOUR solution to his problem.

Naturally they are going to need help in a lot of areas such as business planning, social media, public relations, and strategy in order to get the word out to the highest number of investors who will ultimately fund their deals.

If the leads that come in from other listings don't work out for those listings they can spin them off to your listing. in addition to that most good listing agents will have paid ads etc on those type of sites that will put your listing in featured positioning instead of getting lost in the long list of other listings.If you plan to continue to do it yourself here is a list of websites that can help get your home more exposure:- social media- FB, twitter, linkedin, google+-forums- local forums in your area, as well as real estate forums like BP, trulia, Zillow,-posting sites- CL, backpage, ebay,findmyroof.com, classifiedads.com, realrentals.com, rentalads.comUse syndicating websites like postlets.com that will send it to:ZillowHotPadsYahooFrontdoorZillow MobileHotPads MobileBackpageByOwnerMLSEnormoOodleTrovitZumperLovelyTruliaOthers-List it on the MLS, a good RE agent will have their own site/blog to add it to.Here is a video explaining why we are able to lease out our rental properties quickly to a qualified tenant in Vegas within 30 days.

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Make sure it has borrower info, social security numbers and loan numbers and that it gives you permission to discuss all things related to the loan (balance, reinstatement amount, escrow balance, foreclosure status) etc.