I have only been an agent for a few months now and my main focus is on Multi-Family properties (only agent in the office in Multi-Family).

As Dale mentioned, what works for me may not work for you, or in your area etc...I only focus on direct mail for sellers, and mainly internet marketing for buyers, that with our website and newsletter etc.

The two main strategies I will use are wholesaling & lease options/options.

This is kind of discouraging because mainly everyone I have ran the deal by said it was a pretty good DEAL.

Certain areas around the country are going up in value very fast.Many investors are doing a speculation play.There are two main emotions that drive a bunch of people."

It is likely the last time I use it.I like that in the application phase a prospective tenant doesn't have to give me all their highly sensitive data (social security number mainly), I can just get the non-sensitive other information on an application.

Some of the referrals on BP don't lend in my state so these were the main companies that were left as referrals.

And that's one of the main reasons I opted not to participate in the program.So, in regards to your question, it's entirely possible that your county could be changing their rules while another nearby county is not.

My main areas of focus starting out are tax liens/deeds and wholesaling.

-Some good info there...Digging through those articles (mainly the footnotes :), I found several references that directly apply to conversation at hand:- In AZ, it appears that real estate brokers and salepersons have the right to draft and complete their own P&S documents, as well as other real estate related documents directly related to their clients:http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?