Just keep it as a rental, check in once or twice a year to make sure everything looks good and is operating well.2.

Do you just keep shuffling mortgages?

Case studies and track record are good to get them interested, but they don't give a good picture about how you're currently approaching the market.Always keep a one-pager on an opportunity you're working.

What are some things to keep in mind, how does one do a background check, what are the laws regarding that (I'm in St Louis), any advice, thoughts recommendations etc is greatly appreciated.Thank you

Keep in mind when you know the lender requirement you can play the game so much better

It would be best if the landlord follows landlord-tenant law for the return of the deposit, keeping that which they rightly should and returning the remainder.  

Pair financing with your deals so your buyers can keep coming back due to leveraging OPM. 

But keep in mind, if you signed an agreement agreeing to hold them harmless and waive liability, then that may be a problem to collect. 

He wants the house badly and he wants to keep his monthly payments below $1,400 which I am able to do for him.

The Data base was basically the I 5 corridor from the California Oregon Border to Just South of Tacoma Washington between the coast range and the Cascade range.. we had about 11k parcels identified and that was our list.. we sent some mailers but it was almost all telephone work.. once we had the data base we used the reverse directory to find the phone numbers now keep in mind this is pre Cell phone..