You will learn a lot about the business and the market talking with cash buyers.Best way to find cash buyers is networking at local REI meetups, masterminds, Facebook groups, Realtors, title companies, closing attorneys, property management companies, auctions, Craigslist, and bandit signs.You can search real estate transactions in your tax database.

I'm going to learn how to build a potential client database, send newsletters, build my funnel, market and show properties, negotiate deals, etc.

You can search real estate transactions in your tax database.

A couple of recommendations from some of my many "hard earned lessons:" Stop enabling that owner to be a deadbeat.

This is part of why I chose a lower LTV was to keep positive cash flow while still enabling me to pull out 19k to keep as reserves for the property which has proven especially important with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most parsers are set up to write to a database, so look for one where you can specify an excel sheet (preferably on a shared drive (Google sheets or MS365) as the "database".

Your safety comes from knowing and checking out the operator, not the individual borrowers, so due diligence is still important but whom you are qualifying and how you do it is different.Alternately, there are many crowd funding sites that will enable you to invest in specific deals around the country among local operators.

Back then, in the 80's, I needed 30% down, but the safety of the fixed rate enable me to sleep better at night.

As a result, no Absentee Owners or lists rich in information about the property.You can however use homeowners from a consumer database to target likely sellers.

It's a simple alternative that would defer capital gains tax for 30 years and would enable the seller to exit for cash.